SOAPY
What does "SOAPY" mean?
Covered with, containing, or resembling soap.
Meanings
- Covered with or full of soap; lathery. She plunged her hands into the soapy water.
- Resembling soap in taste, smell, or texture. The cheap wine had a faintly soapy aftertaste.
- Excessively sentimental or melodramatic, like a soap opera. The plot got soapy in the final season. informal
Did you know?
- A 'soapy' melodrama owes its name to literal soap: early radio serials were funded by soap makers like Procter & Gamble, which is why they became 'soap operas'.
Word origin
From Old English 'sāpe' (soap), of Germanic origin, plus the adjective-forming suffix '-y'; the 'melodramatic' sense derives from 'soap opera', named for the soap manufacturers who first sponsored such serials.
Remember it
SOAPY = SOAP + Y: add a 'y' and the suds, the taste, or the melodrama all bubble up.
A little poem
Rainbow on the rim-
a whole bowl of weather held
in one bursting bead.
haiku
Wordplay
- The detergent's drama series got cancelled. Critics said the plot was too soapy.
What it teaches
The shiniest bubbles burst soonest; froth dazzles, but it never holds.
Quick facts
What does SOAPY mean?
Covered with, containing, or resembling soap.
Is SOAPY a valid word?
Yes — SOAPY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SOAPY?
SOAPY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SOAPY come from?
From Old English 'sāpe' (soap), of Germanic origin, plus the adjective-forming suffix '-y'; the 'melodramatic' sense derives from 'soap opera', named for the soap manufacturers who first sponsored such serials.
What can SOAPY teach us?
The shiniest bubbles burst soonest; froth dazzles, but it never holds.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.