too soppy
- idiom
- /tuː ˈsɑːpi/
- UK
:
demasiado empalagoso
- - I'm more at peace, if that's not too soppy.
Examples
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They are a boy band for girls; they are too soppy for James Bond.
Blog text (9) -
But what I mean is, am I just being too soppy-minded all of the time?
Fiction book (2000) -
The movie was so too soppy that many audience members left before it finished.
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Her love letters were too soppy, filled with clichés and excessive flattery.
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I found the ending of the book too soppy, making the story feel unrealistic.
Synonyms
165
4.5
Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional
27
4.3
Showing too much emotion in a way that seems silly or fake
23
7.0
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
22
3.7
Too emotional in a way that seems not sincere
16
7.2
To try to seem very sweet and childish in a fake way
8
8.0
Too emotional in a way that seems silly or not sincere
6
7.0
Showing too much emotion in a way that feels silly
5
7.9
Being too sweet or emotional in a way that seems false
3
8.2
Too sweet or emotional in a way that makes you feel sick
3
5.0
Showing too much feeling for the situation
2
8.7
Too emotional in a way that feels false or silly
1
7.9
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
1
5.8
Too emotional and sentimental in a way that seems silly
1
5.4
Overly sentimental and emotional in a way that seems false
1
8.1
Too sweet or emotional in a way that feels false
1
3.9
Too sweet in taste or too emotional in style
1
9.9
Being too cute and childish in a sweet, exaggerated way
Being very emotional in a way that feels fake
Showing too much emotion in a way that seems exaggerated
Too sweet and sentimental in tone or style
Having too much sugar in taste or feeling too emotional
Too sweet and emotional so it feels false
Too emotional and sweet in a way that feels fake
Too sentimental and weak in feeling, often seeming false
Too cute in a silly or fake way
Being too emotional in a cheap, false way
Antonyms
How Sentimental
3
8.2
- UK
- UK
1
5.8
165
4.5
4
6.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'excessively sentimental' is directly derivable from combining 'too' (indicating an excessive degree) with 'soppy' (overly emotional). This degree-modifier + adjective pattern is a regular, cross-linguistic composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the MWE.
Etymology
The phrase too soppy comes from the old word 'sop', a piece of bread soaked in liquid, so soppy originally meant wet and soft. That's why calling something too soppy says it is 'overly sentimental'.