Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having the appearance or consistency of soup.
  • adjective Informal Foggy.
  • adjective Informal Sentimental.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Like soup; having the consistence, appearance, or color of soup.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Resembling soup; souplike.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective resembling soup; creamy
  • adjective extravagantly sentimental; slushy

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having the consistency and appearance of soup
  • adjective effusively or insincerely emotional

Etymologies

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soup +‎ -y

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Examples

  • A thin soupy extremely spicy curry called "cutt", made with a spice mixture called "kolhapuri chutney"

    Archive 2006-01-01 Nupur 2006

  • 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 Sara 2009

  • On the upside, their Kheer a dessert best described as soupy rice pudding is just as good as our usual place, and the Onion Kulcha is even better.

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • On the upside, their Kheer a dessert best described as soupy rice pudding is just as good as our usual place, and the Onion Kulcha is even better.

    Sweetnicks- Food & Life - It's All at Sweetnicks 2005

  • MEDITERRANEAN KIWI said ... when i use less oil in my fasolakia reciupe, i always find that the next day, the meal is too 'soupy' for my liking, which is why i prefer to add more oil if i know i'm going to be serving this the next day

    Recipe: Braised Green Beans (Fasolakia) with Lemon (Φασολάκια Λαδερά με Λεμόνι) Laurie Constantino 2008

  • The soup is "soupy" enough that I think this might work.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Nupur 2007

  • I microwaved it for about 5 minutes more-- it depends on how "soupy" or "dry" you like your risotto.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008

  • It stayed "soupy" even after beating for almost an hour.

    Lemon Raspberry Cake roopa 2008

  • Indeed, there is a whole category of deliberately "soupy" rice dishes called arroces caldosos or arroces melosos.

    Searching Spain for the Perfect Paella 2008

  • I microwaved it for about 5 minutes more-- it depends on how "soupy" or "dry" you like your risotto.

    RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A SPICY WHOLEGRAIN DISH Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008

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