soapy

From soap +‎ -y. Compare German Low German sepig (“soapy”), German seifig (“soapy”), Swedish såpig (“soapy”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊpi/

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

soapy (comparative soapier, superlative soapiest)

1. Literal senses:
   2. Resembling soap.

      Synonym: soaplike

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

   4. Full of soap.

      Near-synonym: soaped up

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

   6. Covered in soap.

      Synonym: soaped up

      His skin was still soapy after the shower.

3. (television) Resembling a soap opera.

   Synonym: soaplike

   • 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[.]

5. (dated) Committing or involving flattery.

   Coordinate term: oily

• soapily
• soapiness

soapy (plural soapies)

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

• payos