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单词 soppy
释义

soppy

adjective

sop·​py ˈsä-pē How to pronounce soppy (audio)
soppier; soppiest
1
: sentimental, mawkish
2
a
: soaked through : saturated
b
: very wet
soppiness
ˈsä-pē-nəs How to pronounce soppy (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • awash
  • bathed
  • bedraggled
  • doused
  • dowsed
  • drenched
  • dripping
  • logged
  • saturate
  • saturated
  • soaked
  • soaking
  • sodden
  • soggy
  • sopping
  • soused
  • washed
  • water-soaked
  • watered
  • waterlogged
  • watery
  • wet
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Example Sentences

trudging over soppy ground at the county fair scanned the racks looking for the soppiest valentine the store had
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Word History

First Known Use

1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1

soppy

adjective

1
as in dripping
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water trudging over soppy ground at the county fair

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dripping
  • saturated
  • wet
  • saturate
  • washed
  • bathed
  • sodden
  • soggy
  • soaked
  • flooded
  • sopping
  • soaking
  • watered
  • waterlogged
  • drenched
  • damp
  • moist
  • bedraggled
  • watery
  • awash
  • doused
  • flushed
  • drowned
  • soused
  • water-soaked
  • logged
  • splashed
  • dowsed
  • inundated
  • submerged
  • deluged
  • rinsed
  • overflowed
  • steeped
  • humid
  • swamped
  • aqueous
  • clammy
  • boggy
  • sloppy
  • hydrated
  • irrigated
  • dipped
  • dank
  • sluiced
  • squashy
  • dampish
  • dunked
  • seepy
  • wettish
  • laved
  • miry
  • semimoist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dry
  • arid
  • unwatered
  • waterless
  • watertight
  • waterproof
  • dehydrated
  • hyperarid
  • droughty
  • thirsty
  • bone-dry
  • baked
  • parched
  • water-resistant
  • sunbaked
  • wrung
  • ultradry
  • sere
  • sear
  • water-repellent
  • freeze-dried
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2
as in sentimental
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way scanned the racks looking for the soppiest valentine the store had

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • sentimental
  • sticky
  • sloppy
  • wet
  • sappy
  • mawkish
  • schmaltzy
  • maudlin
  • mushy
  • saccharine
  • fuzzy
  • drippy
  • cloying
  • corny
  • gooey
  • sugary
  • slushy
  • lovey-dovey
  • spoony
  • fruity
  • sugarcoated
  • soupy
  • chocolate-box
  • nostalgic
  • spooney
  • moony
  • dreamy
  • melodramatic
  • misty-eyed
  • soapy
  • insipid
  • novelettish
  • vapid
  • moonstruck
  • sudsy
  • starry-eyed
  • feel-good
  • cutesy
  • twee
  • watery
  • tasteless
  • soap-operatic
  • flat
  • soft-boiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unsentimental
  • cynical
  • unadulterated
  • unvarnished
  • hardheaded
  • antisentimental
  • hard-edged
  • hard-boiled
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