soapy
/'soupi/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Resembling or having the qualities of soap: Having a smooth, slippery, or foamy texture, appearance, or feel similar to that of soap.
- Excessively flattering or ingratiating: Unpleasantly smooth, suave, or insincerely complimentary in manner or speech.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Physical Quality):
- After washing the dishes, my hands felt soapy and slippery.
- The water had a soapy film on the surface.
- Adjective (Manner/Speech):
- He dismissed the salesman's soapy compliments as insincere.
- Her soapy manner made it difficult to trust her intentions.
Advanced Usage
- "soapy water": Water that contains soap or has the properties of soap.
- Clean the surface with warm, soapy water.
- Used to describe a texture in cooking or substances.
- The poorly rinsed spinach had a slightly soapy taste.
Variants and Related Words
- Soap (n): A substance used for washing.
- Soapiness (n): The quality of being soapy.
- Soap opera (n): A television or radio drama series; this is a compound term listed here as it contains the root word but is a distinct concept.
Synonyms
- Slippery (for texture)
- Unctuous, Oily, Smarmy, Fulsome, Ingratiating (for manner/speech)
Related Phrases
- Soapy lather: The foam produced by soap.
- Work the shampoo into a rich, soapy lather.
Related Idioms
- No common idioms are directly formed from the word "soapy" itself. The insincere manner sense is often conveyed by its synonyms like "oily" or "smarmy" in idiomatic expressions.
Adjective
- unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
- buttery praise
- gave him a fulsome introduction
- an oily sycophantic press agent
- oleaginous hypocrisy
- smarmy self-importance
- the unctuous Uriah Heep
- soapy compliments
- resembling or having the qualities of soap
- a soapy consistency