drippiness

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drippiness

The sentimental movie's drippiness made her roll her eyes.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Excessively sentimental or emotional quality: The state or characteristic of being overly emotional in a way that is considered insincere, weak, or mawkish.
    • The physical property of being soft and drippy: The condition of a substance being so soft, liquid, or unformed that it tends to drip or flow.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun (Sentimental Quality):
    • The movie's drippiness made it hard to take the romance seriously.
    • He criticized the novel for its sentimental drippiness.
  • Noun (Physical Property):
    • The drippiness of the ice cream made it messy to eat.
    • The recipe failed due to the batter's excessive drippiness.
Advanced Usage
  • Used to critique art or expression: Often used pejoratively to describe creative works (books, films, music) that are perceived as cloyingly sentimental.
    • The critic dismissed the song's lyrics as pure drippiness.
  • Describing consistency in cooking or science: Used in technical or informal contexts to describe an undesirable, overly liquid state.
    • Adjust the flour to correct the dough's drippiness.
Variants and Related Words
  • Drip (n/v): A drop of liquid; to fall in drops. (e.g., )
  • Drippy (adj): 1. Tending to drip. 2. Excessively sentimental. (e.g., )
  • Dripping (n/adj/adv): 1. Fat rendered from meat. 2. Extremely wet. 3. Very wetly. (e.g., )
Synonyms
  • Sentimental Quality: Mawkishness, mushiness, schmaltz, corniness, sappiness.
  • Physical Property: Runnyness, liquidity, fluidity, softness.
Antonyms
  • Sentimental Quality: Austerity, hardness, cynicism, unsentimentality.
  • Physical Property: Firmness, solidity, thickness, viscosity.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • Dripping with sentiment/schmaltz: Overflowing with excessive, often insincere, emotion.
    • The farewell speech was dripping with sentiment.
  • (To be) a drip (Idiom, Slang): To be a boring, weak, or ineffectual person. (Note: This is a related idiom for the base word "drip," not "drippiness" itself).
    • Don't be such a drip; come and join the fun.
drippiness

The sentimental movie's drippiness made her roll her eyes.

Noun
  1. falsely emotional in a maudlin way
  2. the physical property of being soft and drippy

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