🌫️ Thick like soup 😭 Overly emotional

soupy

1 6.8

Being too emotional in a cheap, false way

adjective
/ˈsuːpi/

Literature

: sentimental

The novel was filled with soupy dialogue that seemed forced and insincere.

Examples

The movie's ending was so soupy that it made half the audience groan.
Her poem about lost love was so soupy that it felt like emotional manipulation.
Critics found the novel soupy and manipulative, full of cheap emotional tricks.
Her speech became soupy and melodramatic, losing its original sincerity.
That movie was too soupy for my taste.
I found the book's ending quite soupy.
Many critics describe the film as overly sentimental, calling it a soupy romantic drama.

Synonyms

sentimental

vssoupy

147 4.5

Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional

marks similar tender excess when used insincerely in creative work

cheesy

vssoupy

Informal

82 4.6

Feels too sentimental and silly, like a movie or card

is aimed at similar insincere feeling within art or writing

mushy

vssoupy

Informal

31 4.3

Showing too much emotion in a way that seems silly or fake

is used when that silliness appears in creative expression

sappy

vssoupy

Offensive

25 7.0

Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake

narrows that view to insincere feeling in artistic contexts

feely

vssoupy

Informal

23 8.6

Showing strong feelings rather than careful thought

targets that feeling-led tone when it seems insincere in art

hokey

vssoupy

Informal

13 8.2

Showing fake feeling and too much emotion

identifies that artificial sentiment when used in creative works

kitschy

vssoupy

9 8.2

Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste

refers to that tacky sentiment especially in artistic presentation

maudlin

vssoupy

8 8.0

Too emotional in a way that seems silly or not sincere

labels that fake excess especially in artistic or written forms

gushy

vssoupy

7 7.0

Showing too much emotion in a way that feels silly

is judged for being insincere when used in art or writing

cloying

vssoupy

6 8.2

Too sweet or emotional in a way that makes you feel sick

is used when that overwhelming sweetness appears in art or music

overemotional

vssoupy

3 5.0

Showing too much feeling for the situation

limits that excess to insincere artistic or written emotion

soppy

vssoupy

2 5.8

Too emotional and sentimental in a way that seems silly

applies this excess mainly to creative work, not personal talk

mawkish

vssoupy

2 9.4

Showing feelings that are not real and too sweet

is applied particularly to written or artistic examples of that feeling

schmaltzy

vssoupy

Informal

2 8.7

Too emotional in a way that feels false or silly

is applied especially to insincere expression in writing or music

drippy

vssoupy

Offensive

1 7.9

Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake

is focused more on that same insincerity in creative works

slobbery

vssoupy

Informal

1 4.9

Too sentimental and not sincere

applies that dramatized sentiment chiefly to music or art

pappy

vssoupy

1 8.6

Too sentimental and weak in feeling, often seeming false

is applied to similar weakness especially in creative pieces

goopy

vssoupy

Informal

1 7.6

Too emotional and sweet in a way that feels fake

is used for that same insincerity particularly in art or music

slushy

vssoupy

1 5.4

Overly sentimental and emotional in a way that seems false

is focused on that shallowness when it shows in creative work

schmalzy

vssoupy

Informal

1 8.9

Being very emotional in a way that feels fake

is used more for artistic or written examples of that insincerity

torchy

vssoupy

1 8.3

Showing strong feelings that make people feel sad or moved

highlights that sentimental quality when it feels insincere artistically

bathetic

vssoupy

Literature

1 9.9

Too sentimental in a way that feels fake or silly

labels that insincere touch more for artistic or musical works

too soppy

vssoupy

1 7.5

Showing strong, simple feelings in a way that seems fake

focuses that cloying insincerity especially in art or writing

marshmallowy

vssoupy

Informal

1 6.3

Too sweet and sentimental in tone or style

marks that sugary tone when it appears in art or music

gloppy

vssoupy

Informal

1 8.3

Too sweet and emotional so it feels false

is used when that unpleasant sentiment appears in art or music

Antonyms

sincere

236 2.5

Being honest and showing what you really feel

How Sentimental

sappy

Offensive

25 7.0

soupy

Literature

1 6.8

sentimental

147 4.5

touching

103 3.4

restrained

26 5.3

Surface Forms

soupy positive

Morphology

soupy = soup (semi-transparent) = soup + y

The adjective is formed from 'soup' + '-y' but the meaning 'overly sentimental, mawkish' is a figurative extension ('mushy' like soup) rather than a direct literal sense.

Etymology

Soupy can also mean overly sentimental; a helpful way to remember this is to imagine feelings turned into warm, soft soup that are 'mushy' and full of emotion, so the word is used for writing, music, or speech that feels too soft or sentimental.