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soapy

adjective

1 soapy

Resembling or having the qualities of soap:
— A soapy consistency.

synonym: saponaceous.

Dutch: zeepachtig
Polish: mydlany

2 soapy

Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech:
— Soapy compliments.

synonyms: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous.

Roget 355: unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous; unguinous; fat, fatty, greasy; waxy, butyraceous, soapy, saponaceous, pinguid, ... show more

Roget 886: servile, obsequious; supple, supple as a glove; soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, ... show more

Roget 933: flattering etc. v.; adulatory; mealy-mouthed, honey-mouthed; honeyed; smooth, smooth-tongued; soapy, oily, unctuous, blandiloquent, specious; ... show more


Moby thesaurus: adipose, adulatory, barmy, bland, blandishing, blarneying, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, cajoling, chrismal, chrismatory, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, disarming, fair-spoken, fat, fatty, fawning ... show more.

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