| ADJECTIVE | all | drippy, drizzly | wet with light rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | drippy | leaking in drops | |
| all | drippy, bathetic, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy | effusively or insincerely emotional |
| Meaning | wet with light rain. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a wet drippy day" | |
| Synonym | drizzly | |
| Broader | wet | Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water |
| Spanish | neblinoso | |
| Nouns | drippiness | the physical property of being soft and drippy |
| Meaning | leaking in drops. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a drippy faucet" | |
| Broader | leaky | permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases |
| Nouns | drip | flowing in drops |
| Meaning | effusively or insincerely emotional. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | bathetic, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy | |
| Broader | emotional | Of more than usual emotion |
| Spanish | lloraduelos, llorica, remilgado, sensiblero, sentimentaloide | |
| Catalan | llagrimós, sentimental | |
| Nouns | drippiness | falsely emotional in a maudlin way |
| Adverbs | drippily | in a mawkish and emotional manner |
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