drippiness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *drippiness*:
NOUN	attribute	drippiness	the physical property of being soft and drippy
attribute	drippiness, mawkishness, sentimentality, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness	falsely emotional in a maudlin way

English > *drippiness*: 2 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The physical property of being soft and drippy.
Broader	physical property	Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
Adjectives	drippy	wet with light rain

English > *drippiness*: 2 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	falsely emotional in a maudlin way.
Synonyms	mawkishness, sentimentality, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness
Narrower	corn	Something sentimental or trite
	schmaltz, shmaltz, schmalz	(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
	sentimentalism	A predilection for sentimentality
Broader	emotionality, emotionalism	emotional nature or quality
Spanish	blandenguería, cursilería, sensiblería, sentimentalismo, superficialidad, susceptibilidad
Catalan	sensibleria
Adjectives	drippy	effusively or insincerely emotional

HyperDic: drippiness