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soapy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsoʊpi/ (US)
• /ˈsəʊpi/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From soap + -y. Compare German Low German sepig (“soapy”), German seifig (“soapy”), Swedish såpig (“soapy”).

Meanings

1. Literal senses: ▸ Resembling soap.
   • Bases dissolve skin oils and have a soapy feel to them.
2. Literal senses: ▸ Full of soap.
   • Near-synonym: soaped up
   • The dishwasher uses hot soapy water to clean the dishes and silverware.
3. Literal senses: ▸ Covered in soap.
   • His skin was still soapy after the shower.
4. Resembling a soap opera.
   • The heightened worlds of darkly comedic satire and soapy high-school romance make it easy enough to roll with unrealistic casting choices—and that goes for stage musicals, too, where some level of artifice is built into the format. 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club:
   • This Diana-obsessed series is the very definition of bad writing. Despite the brilliant cast, it’s a crass, soapy dive into the abyss – not least in the atrocious scenes featuring Ghost Diana[.] 2023 November 16, Lucy Mangan, “The Crown season 6 review – so bad it’s basically an out-of-body experience”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
5. (dated) Committing or involving flattery.

Forms

Coordinates

oily

Deriveds

unsoapy · soapiness · soapily · nonsoapy

Synonyms

soaped up · soaplike · soaped up · soaplike

Translations (37)

bg сапунен (resembling soap) · ky самындуу (full of soap) · pl mydlany (full of soap) · cy sebonllyd (covered in soap) · hu szappanos (covered in soap) · pdt seepich (full of soap) · de seifig (full of soap) · gd siabannach (resembling soap) · ru мы́льный (resembling soap) · cy sebonllyd (resembling soap) · ky самындуу (resembling soap) · lv ziepjains (covered in soap) · bg сапунисан (covered in soap) · ru намы́ленный (covered in soap) · tr sabunlu (full of soap) · es folletinesco (resembling a soap opera) · tr sabunlu (resembling soap) · gd siabannach (full of soap) · ru мы́льный (full of soap) · tr sabunlu (covered in soap) · de seifig (resembling soap) · es saponáceo (resembling soap) · hu szappanos (full of soap) · de seifenartig (resembling soap) · hu szappanszerű (resembling soap) · ca sabonós (resembling soap) · ca ensabonat (covered in soap) · izh muilakas (covered in soap) · ru мы́льный (covered in soap) · izh muilakas (full of soap) · cy sebonllyd (full of soap) · gd siabannach (covered in soap) · es jabonoso (full of soap) · es enjabonado (covered in soap) · cy sebonllyd (resembling a soap opera) · ky самындуу (covered in soap) · sk mydlový (full of soap)

soapy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsoʊpi/ (US)
• /ˈsəʊpi/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From soap + -y. Compare German Low German sepig (“soapy”), German seifig (“soapy”), Swedish såpig (“soapy”).

Meanings

1. An erotic massage that involves lots of soap and body contact.

Forms