goopy

adjective

goopier; goopiest

chiefly US, informal

1

: having a thick, sticky consistency

goopy gravy

These goopy mixtures are also perfectly designed to stick to the surface of foods, so all the taste of the component ingredients stays on whatever you're cooking, rather than being left behind, as with marinades.

—John Willoughby et al., Gourmet, June 2007

2

: extremely or cloyingly sentimental or romantic

… the kind of sentimental, goopy language authors tend to revert to when they have no real knowledge of (and perhaps no real interest in) the lives they are describing.

—Elizabeth Wurtzel, People Weekly, 11 June 1990

We're talking flowers, candles, poetry, and other items that symbolize the goopy side of love.

—Jessica Knoll, Cosmopolitan, March 2010

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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Rhymes for goopy

• droopy
• snoopy