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):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊpi/
• Rhymes: -əʊpi

Adjective

soapy (comparative soapier, superlative soapiest)

1. Literal senses:
   1. Resembling soap.

      Bases dissolve skin oils and have a soapy feel to them.

   2. Full of soap.

      The dishwasher uses hot soapy water to clean the dishes and silverware.

   3. Covered in soap.

      His skin was still soapy after the shower.

2. (television) Resembling a soap opera.
   • 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2023 November 16, Lucy Mangan, “The Crown season 6 review – so bad it’s basically an out-of-body experience”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     This Diana-obsessed series is the very definition of bad writing. Despite the brilliant cast, it’s a crass, soapy dive into the abyss – not least in the atrocious scenes featuring Ghost Diana[.]

3. (dated) Committing or involving flattery.

Derived terms

• soapily
• soapiness

Translations

resembling soap

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

full of soap

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

covered in soap

• Bulgarian: сапунисан (bg) (sapunisan)
• Catalan: ensabonat
• Hungarian: szappanos (hu)
• Ingrian: muilakas
• Kyrgyz: самындуу (ky) (samınduu)
• Latvian: ziepjains
• Russian: мы́льный (ru) (mýlʹnyj), намы́ленный (ru) (namýlennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: siabannach
• Spanish: enjabonado (es) m
• Welsh: sebonllyd (cy)

resembling a soap opera

• Spanish: folletinesco
• Welsh: sebonllyd (cy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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)

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

Anagrams

• payos