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DRIPPY
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Irregular inflected forms: drippier , drippiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Example:
slushy poetry
Synonyms:
bathetic; drippy; hokey; kitschy; maudlin; mawkish; mushy; sappy; schmaltzy; schmalzy; sentimental; slushy; soppy; soupy
Classified under:
Similar:
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
Derivation:
drippiness (falsely emotional in a maudlin way)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Leaking in drops
Example:
a drippy faucet
Classified under:
Similar:
leaky (permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases)
Derivation:
drip (flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Wet with light rain
Example:
a wet drippy day
Synonyms:
drippy; drizzly
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)
Derivation:
drippiness (the physical property of being soft and drippy)
