goopy
/ˈɡuːpi/
goopy adjective: having the consistency of goop.
Adjective
goopy (comparative goopier, superlative goopiest)
- Having the consistency of goop.
- The flask had something goopy in it.
- A hard November wind is spattering goopy sleet against the broad windows all around the hall.1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 361
- Saccharine; sentimental.
- […]and how they all seem like limp smug moronic self-satisfied shit-eating pricks with their lobotomized smiles and goopy sentiment and how he wishes them all violent technicolor harm in the worst way,[…]1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 353
- “She’d had some goopy notion of self-sacrifice, or maybe it was self-punishment, of making amends.”2007 June 17, Jennifer Egan, “Woman Warriors”, in New York Times
Forms of goopy
| comparative | goopier |
|---|---|
| superlative | goopiest |
Origin of goopy
From goop + -y.
Words formed from goopy
Words that rhyme with goopy
Questions about goopy
- What does goopy mean?
- Goopy means having the consistency of goop.
- What part of speech is goopy?
- Goopy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce goopy?
- Goopy is pronounced /ˈɡuːpi/.
Words near goopy in the dictionary
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