Antonyms for sop

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sop

Phonetic Transcription : sɒp

Definition of sop

Origin : Old English sopp- "bread soaked in some liquid," (in soppcuppe "cup into which sops are put"), from Proto-Germanic *supp-, related to Old English verb suppan (see sup (v.2)), probably reinforced by Old French soupe (see soup (n.)). Meaning "something given to appease" is from 1660s, a reference to the sops given by the Sibyl to Cerberus in the "Aeneid."

verb drench

Example sentences :

Time was when you all pulled the one way, and a sop to the Pope pleased you all.
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

Judas that he was, he took her sop, and then sold her for thirty pieces of silver.
Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

This man—this alleged brother, threw him a sop, insulted him by offering him charity.
Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow

That was one sop to conscience when I remembered that she was a wife.
Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin

To-morrow he will be throwing some sop of reform to the people, and it will be too late for a Republic.
Extract from : « Vera » by Oscar Wilde

The sop must not scorch, but the seasoning must be cooked through it.
Extract from : « Dishes & Beverages of the Old South » by Martha McCulloch Williams

"I would execrate it were it a Stradivarius," said he, his mouth full of sop.
Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke

This other thing is simply a sop with which to plaster an old wound.
Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser

He pointed to the window at which sop had been sitting so long.
Extract from : « The Duke's Motto » by Justin Huntly McCarthy

Pleased with the humility of his audience, sop began his narrative.
Extract from : « The Duke's Motto » by Justin Huntly McCarthy

Synonyms for sop

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