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soapy
UK /ˈsəʊpi/ US /ˈsoʊpi/
adj 5noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
clean, dried, hot, warm
VERB + SOAPY
brought, poured, sink, tasted, use, uses
SOAPY + NOUN
water
PREP.
down, in, with
Definitions
adj
1
Literal senses:
Bases dissolve skin oils and have a soapy feel to them.
2
Literal senses:
Near-synonym: soaped up
The dishwasher uses hot soapy water to clean the dishes and silverware.
3
Literal senses:
His skin was still soapy after the shower.
4
Resembling a soap opera.
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.
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[.]
5
Committing or involving flattery.
noun
1
An erotic massage that involves lots of soap and body contact.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner
adjective — resembling or having the qualities of soap
- saponaceous
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Bases dissolve skin oils and have a soapy feel to them.
Wiktionary02
Near-synonym: soaped up
Wiktionary03
The dishwasher uses hot soapy water to clean the dishes and silverware.
Wiktionary04
Wash the shirt in soapy water and the stains will come out.
Tatoeba · #5033405
Don't touch me with your soapy hands.
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Tom washed the lenses of his glasses with warm, soapy water and dried them on a cloth.
Tatoeba · #3543832Usage Notes
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