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UK
/sˈuːpi/
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[ US /ˈsuˌpi/ ]
[ US /ˈsuˌpi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
effusively or insincerely emotional
sentimental soap operas
slushy poetry
maudlin expressions of sympathy
a bathetic novel
mushy effusiveness
a schmaltzy song -
having the consistency and appearance of soup
a soupy fog
How To Use soupy In A Sentence
- The production sounds a little soupy here, but I think it really adds to the song if you can understand that.
- At a time when they were still singing soupy Victorian hymns in churches, this choir performed relatively modem music.
- I don't think I ever had had beef stew with such pasta, even though although they serve stew with egg pasta like tagliatelle, but it was not soupy at all, and tasted actually good.
- That was until we discovered congee, the soupy rice porridge which is to East and Southeast Asia what oatmeal is to Scotland.
- The seafood linguine is laden with clams, shrimp and cubes of fish, while the risotto con funghi, infused with porcini mushrooms, walks the line between soupy and solid admirably.
- Depending on the proportion of water to volcanic material, mudflows can range from soupy floods to thick flows that have the consistency of wet cement.
- The green flat almost lawn-like areas running right up to the edge of the sea cliffs reminds me of a place in the north of England I once saw, except the North Sea was a soupy gray rather than your nice bright blue. 'round here
- Add the lentils, tomatoes and water, and cook at a gentle simmer for 40 minutes or until tender, adding more water if necessary to keep it thick and soupy.
- I enjoyed the "soup" part I didn't cook it as long as the recipe recommends, so it was soupy, which is what I wanted, but wasn't crazy about the sausage. Bites v 6
- The ‘wave wilderness wily wild’ draws the poet together with ‘surf kindlers in the riddle splash,’ who like her possess an ‘ocean plan for a soupy ride’.