soupier; soupiest
1
: having the consistency of soup
2
: densely foggy or cloudy
3
: overly sentimental
Examples of soupy in a Sentence
The gravy was too soupy.
the soupy skies over the island make a nighttime landing a very risky business
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But dust-mote-size spacecraft could do things that no current space probe can do: coast without a parachute onto the plains of Mars or float for weeks in the soupy atmosphere of Titan.
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 July 2011
Russian supply trains have no choice but to stick to the main paved roads, as alternate routes are increasingly soupy as winter turns to spring.
—David Axe, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Our Test Kitchen made beans in a soupy broth flavored with bacon, garlic, onion, chipotle, and other ingredients.
—Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2025
These gnocchi, filled with ricotta, sit in a thin ragu of duck or veal that, on one occasion, came closer to a soupy stew than a ragu.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 July 2011
Russian supply trains have no choice but to stick to the main paved roads, as alternate routes are increasingly soupy as winter turns to spring.
—David Axe, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Our Test Kitchen made beans in a soupy broth flavored with bacon, garlic, onion, chipotle, and other ingredients.
—Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2025
These gnocchi, filled with ricotta, sit in a thin ragu of duck or veal that, on one occasion, came closer to a soupy stew than a ragu.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for soupy
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“Soupy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soupy. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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