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Overly sentimental or overly wet
Answer for the clue "Overly sentimental or overly wet ", 5 letters:
soppy
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Word definitions for soppy in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soppy \Sop"py\, a. Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy. It [Yarmouth] looked rather spongy and soppy. --Dickens.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ After a few drinks, he got all soppy and started talking about the "good old days'. ▪ I couldn't think of anything else so I just bought her a soppy card and some flowers. ▪ I was heartbroken when our dog died but ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" [syn: drenched , saturated , ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"very wet," 1823, from sop + -y (2). Meaning "sentimental" first recorded 1918. Related: Soppiness .
Usage examples of soppy.
She was talking to Dorr, and there was a soppy tenderness in her voice.
Gill said in such a soppy tone that both Rafik and Calum gave him an odd look.
Our talented bandmaster has done a very merry and bouncy arrangement of the melody"—Beck looked modest—"and I did new lyrics, not so soppy and sentimental.
They caterwauled the soppiest love ballad they knew while Jump howled accompaniment.