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Meanings of soppy in English

Effusively or insincerely emotional.

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Wet through and through; thoroughly wet.

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Usage of soppy in English
1
Expect a lot of soppy loved up tunes from here on in.
News.com.au
2
And she would certainly not get soppy about a marriage like theirs.
The inconvenient bride
3
My cotton just became soppy and I was ever so much heavier!
Raggedy Andy Stories / Introducing the Little Rag Brother of Rag...
4
I hadn't meant to get all soppy like this today anyway.
Made of honor
5
Humane liberalism is at the soppy, shameful heart of this indefensible seal hunt.
The Guardian
6
Paddy is a reddish gold golden retriever, dim and soppy and mildly bowlegged.
Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
7
I'm going to start sounding like a soppy idiot, but I love it.
The Irish Times
8
I'm getting all soppy at just the thought of it!
The cold light of mourning
9
But soppy romance stuff is kept to an absolute minimum.
Wired
10
If that makes me a soppy old liberal, so what?
The Guardian
11
The Dictator got downright soppy at times and Grimsby ended on a surprisingly positive note.
Radio NZ
12
Michel and old Liz entered, dripping like water-nymphs, and sat down on the soppy bed.
The Red Man's Revenge: A Tale of The Red River Flood
13
But already it was getting soppy with black water.
The Prussian Officer
14
A soppy sentiment, perhaps, but not an empty one.
The Guardian
15
He's soppy and inadequately committed to the cause of whatever it is they're fighting for.
The Guardian
16
In retrospect, Dougal's opening tunes deliberately reflect expectations of Manhattan and family shaped by soppy movies.
The Guardian
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