soapy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊpi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊpi/
Rhymes: -əʊpi

Adjective

soapy (comparative soapier, superlative soapiest)

Resembling soap.
a soapy taste
Resembling a soap opera.
- 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club‎:
  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.
Full of soap.
soapy water
Covered in soap.
His skin was still soapy after the shower.
(dated) Committing or involving flattery.

Derived terms

soapily
soapiness

Translations

resembling soap

Bulgarian: сапунен (sapunen)
German: seifig (de), seifenartig
Hungarian: szappanszerű
Kyrgyz: самындуу (ky) (samınduu)
Russian: мы́льный (ru) (mýlʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: siabannach
Spanish: saponáceo m

resembling a soap opera

Spanish: folletinesco

full of soap

German: seifig (de)
Hungarian: szappanos (hu)
Kyrgyz: самындуу (ky) (samınduu)
Plautdietsch: seepich
Polish: mydlany (pl)
Russian: мы́льный (ru) (mýlʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: siabannach
Slovak: mydlový (sk)
Spanish: jabonoso

covered in soap

Bulgarian: сапунисан (bg) (sapunisan)
Hungarian: szappanos (hu)
Kyrgyz: самындуу (ky) (samınduu)
Latvian: ziepjains
Russian: мы́льный (ru) (mýlʹnyj), намы́ленный (ru) (namýlennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: siabannach
Spanish: enjabonado (es) m

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zeepachtig (nl)
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} са́пунест m (sápunest)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} enjabonado (es) m, ^{(please verify)} enjabonada (es) f

Noun

soapy (plural soapies)

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

Anagrams

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