soupiness

Thân thiện

The movie's soupiness made the audience roll their eyes.

Definition

Noun: 1. Falsely emotional in a maudlin way: The quality of being excessively and insincerely sentimental or emotional. 2. The property of having the thickness of heavy cream: A semi-liquid, viscous consistency resembling that of soup or heavy cream.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Excessive Sentiment):
  • The movie's ending was criticized for its overwhelming soupiness.
  • He avoided greeting cards because he disliked their cloying soupiness.
• Noun (Consistency):
  • The ideal texture for the sauce is a perfect soupiness, not too thick and not too thin.
  • The soupiness of the mud made walking through the field very difficult.

Advanced Usage

• "soupiness of tone/style": Used to critique artistic works (like films, novels, or music) for being overly sentimental.
  • The director was careful to balance the drama, avoiding any soupiness of tone.

Variants and Related Words

• Soupy (adj): Having the qualities of soupiness.
  • a soupy sentimental novel (excessively sentimental)
  • a soupy fog (thick and dense, like soup)

Synonyms

• For excessive sentiment: Mawkishness, sentimentality, mushiness, schmaltz, corniness.
• For consistency: Viscosity, thickness, creaminess.

Antonyms

• For excessive sentiment: Unsentimentality, austerity, restraint.
• For consistency: Wateriness, thinness, fluidity.

Học thuật

Noun

1. falsely emotional in a maudlin way
2. the property of having the thickness of heavy cream

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mawkishness
• sentimentality
• drippiness
• mushiness
• sloppiness
• creaminess