Synonyms of soupy

soupy

adjective

ˈsü-pē 

1

as in hazy

filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension

the soupy skies over the island make a nighttime landing a very risky business

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hazy
• misty
• rainy
• murky
• clouded
• thick
• foggy
• milky
• smoggy
• cloudy
• smoky
• muddy
• gauzy
• slimy
• turbid
• slushy
• overcast
• beclouded
• befogged
• mucky
• brumous
• stormy
• smokey
• sooty
• smudgy
• miry
• miasmatic
• dirty
• opaque
• miasmic
• miasmal
• filmy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clear
• limpid
• cloudless
• clean
• bright
• pellucid
• sunny
• unclouded
• fair
• translucent
• transparent
• sunshiny
• clement

2

as in runny

having an overly soft liquid consistency

soupy ice cream that had been left out on the counter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• runny
• thin
• watery
• wet
• thinned
• flowing
• fluent
• soggy
• fluid
• dilute
• diluted
• waterlogged
• slushy
• weak
• sloshy
• liquefied
• watered-down
• weakened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• viscous
• syrupy
• thick
• creamy
• ropy
• viscid
• thickened
• heavy
• gelatinous
• sticky
• ropey
• gooey
• glutinous
• gummy
• thickish
• gluey

3

as in sentimental

appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way

once starred as the virginal ingenue in a string of soupy operettas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sentimental
• sticky
• sloppy
• wet
• gooey
• mushy
• drippy
• slushy
• fuzzy
• sugary
• cloying
• saccharine
• mawkish
• schmaltzy
• maudlin
• corny
• soppy
• sappy
• chocolate-box
• sugarcoated
• spoony
• spooney
• fruity
• lovey-dovey
• dreamy
• novelettish
• nostalgic
• soapy
• moony
• feel-good
• watery
• sudsy
• melodramatic
• moonstruck
• insipid
• tasteless
• vapid
• soft-boiled
• misty-eyed
• soap-operatic
• starry-eyed
• cutesy
• flat
• twee

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsentimental
• unadulterated
• unvarnished
• cynical
• hardheaded
• hard-boiled
• hard-edged
• antisentimental

Examples of soupy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The momos at Om Wok, which resemble a xiao long bao (Chinese steamed soup dumpling), are especially soupy and stuffed with meat. —Tenzin D. Tsagong, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 2023

Stir in cooked beans, cooking liquid, oregano, and paprika; reduce heat to medium. Cook until beans are moist but not soupy, 8 to 10 minutes. —Pati Jinich, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024

Crawfish are often farmed alongside rice in soupy fields that are drained over the summer for the rice harvest. —Rick Rojas Emily Kask, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024

But, still, the question remains: what would happen to life on Earth if the air suddenly got much, much soupier? —Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024