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SOUPY
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Irregular inflected forms: soupier , soupiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Example:
slushy poetry
Synonyms:
bathetic; drippy; hokey; kitschy; maudlin; mawkish; mushy; sappy; schmaltzy; schmalzy; sentimental; slushy; soppy; soupy
Classified under:
Similar:
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having the consistency and appearance of soup
Example:
a soupy fog
Classified under:
Similar:
thick (relatively dense in consistency)
Derivation:
soupiness (the property of having the thickness of heavy cream)
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