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soppiest

soppiest is the superlative form of soppy.

Meaning of soppy

Adjective

soppy (comparative soppier, superlative soppiest)

  1. Very wet; sodden, soaked.
    • Yarmouth […] looked rather spongy and soppy, I thought, as I carried my eye over the great dull waste that lay across the river; and I could not help wondering, if the world were really as round as my geography book said, how any part of it came to be so flat.1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC
  2. (figuratively, informal) Overly sentimental, maudlin, schmaltzy.
    • Listen, those men will only turn soppy and puppy-dog eyed as soon as your turn to leave.

Questions about soppiest

What is soppiest the superlative form of?
Soppiest is the superlative form of soppy.

Words near soppiest in the dictionary

  1. sopped up
  2. sopper
  3. soppers
  4. soppes
  5. soppier
  6. soppiest
  7. soppily
  8. soppiness
  9. sopping
  10. sopping up
  11. sopping wet

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