soupy
/ˈsuːpi
/adjective (soupier, soupiest)
1Having the appearance or consistency of soup: a soupy stew...
- If you're using stock, bring it to the boil in a pan with the split peas, ears and onions, and then simmer until the peas are soft and cooked to a thick soupy consistency.
- Mix the grout to a soupy consistency, and pour it onto the counters.
- Most of the other meals are priced around $10, with the exception of some seafood specialties, like parihuela, a soupy stew full of mussels, shrimp, squid and fish that's similar to bouillabaisse.
1.1(Of the air or climate) humid: a soupy July morning the soupy air...
- The day began with a Biblical downpour, and concludes with the same; in between, a blaring sun and soupy air.
- The languid, soupy air mass surrounded us and wrapped us in its stifling grip.
- The air is warm and soupy and prickles my shoulders as I wait.
1.2 informal Mawkishly sentimental: soupy nostalgia...
- At a time when they were still singing soupy Victorian hymns in churches, this choir performed relatively modem music.
- Inevitably, however, the movie does not have the courage of its cynical convictions and in the final reel reverts to a soupy and unconvincing idealism about the system's essential decency.
- I was genuinely excited by it in a way that I hadn't been by the soupy mess of the last couple of episodes.
Derivatives
soupily
- I found him hunkered with his nightmares in the soupily humid town of Bangor, in the American State of Maine.
- It is a soupily warm Friday afternoon in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on the day the Olympic torch reaches the former host city, en route to Athens.
- The audience expected a laugh and I gave it to them, gliding up and down on the strings, playing the slow parts soupily and with mock solemnity, then dashing away hectically in the fast stuff.
soupiness
- A quick jolt in the microwave will restore its soft unctuousness, even if its soupiness is gone.
- Yellow corn tends to thicken the dish a lot, while white corn gives a certain soupiness that I prefer.
- I didn't really notice either the coolness or the dampness or the soupiness this dark, foggy morning.