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soupy
adjective as in sentimental
Weak matches
- affected
- affectionate
- bathetic
- corny
- demonstrative
- dewy-eyed
- dreamy
- effusive
- gushing
- gushy
- idealistic
- impressionable
- inane
- insipid
- jejune
- languishing
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- mawkish
- moonstruck
- nostalgic
- overacted
- overemotional
- passionate
- pathetic
- romantic
- rosewater
- saccharine
- sappy
- schmaltzy
- silly
- simpering
- sloppy
- slushy
- soapy
- sobby
- soft
- softhearted
- soppy
- sugary
- sweet
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
Example Sentences
On Venus, sounds that are caused by solid objects vibrating, like harmonicas or reed organ pipes, would be pitched down because the atmosphere is dense and soupy.
It was while peeling a knotty hunk of ginger in a soupy kitchen that I first began to appreciate the fine art of slowing down.
“Its beautiful stuff, all charred, but still there,” she said, adding: “The rain brings an urgency to getting the stuff out before its becomes a soupy mess.”
This isn’t the soupy liberal message of a yard sign.
The scenic design by Lawrence E. Moten III recreates this soupy milieu so vividly that I found myself swatting away invisible mosquitoes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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