SOAPY

buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous

(adjective) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; “buttery praise”; “gave him a fulsome introduction”; “an oily sycophantic press agent”; “oleaginous hypocrisy”; “smarmy self-importance”; “the unctuous Uriah Heep”; “soapy compliments”

saponaceous, soapy

(adjective) resembling or having the qualities of soap; “a soapy consistency”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

soapy (comparative soapier, superlative soapiest)

Resembling soap.

Resembling a soap opera.

Full of soap.

Covered in soap.

(dated) Committing or involving flattery.

Anagrams

• payos

Source: Wiktionary


Soap"y, a. [Compar. Soapier; superl. Soapiest.]

1. Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.

2. Smeared with soap; covered with soap.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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