drippy

Definition

Adjective:
- Excessively sentimental or emotional in a weak, insincere, or silly way: Describes something that is overly emotional in a manner that seems foolish, exaggerated, or lacking in genuine feeling.
- Leaking in drops; characterized by dripping: Describes something that is wet from or characterized by a slow, drop-by-drop flow of liquid.
- Damp and drizzly; characterized by light rain: Describes weather that is wet with a fine, misty rain.

Usage Examples

Adjective (Sentimental):
- I can't stand those drippy love songs on the radio.
- The movie's ending was so drippy that it felt manipulative.
Adjective (Leaking):
- We need to fix that drippy faucet in the kitchen.
- He held a drippy ice cream cone over the sink.
Adjective (Weather):
- It's another cold, drippy November day.
- We postponed the picnic due to the drippy weather.

Advanced Usage

Used informally and often critically: The "sentimental" sense is frequently used in a disapproving or mocking tone to criticize art, writing, or behavior perceived as cloyingly emotional.
- Her drippy poetry was full of clichés about lost love.
Describing a person's demeanor: Can describe a person who is overly sentimental or mawkish.
- He gets all drippy when he talks about his childhood dog.

Variants and Related Words

Drip (noun/verb): The act or sound of falling in drops; to fall in drops.
- The steady drip of water kept me awake.
Dripping (adjective/adverb/noun): Extremely wet; the fat that drips from meat during cooking.
- He came in from the storm, dripping wet.

Synonyms

For "sentimental": Maudlin, mawkish, bathetic, mushy, schmaltzy, slushy, soppy.
For "leaking": Leaky, trickling, dripping.
For "drizzly": Drizzly, damp, misty, wet.

Related Phrases

Drip with sentiment/sentimentality: To be overflowing with excessive emotion.
- The speech dripped with sentimentality, making some audience members cringe.

Related Idioms

A drip: (Informal, noun) A boring, weak, or annoying person. (Note: This is a related but distinct term from the adjective "drippy.")
- Don't invite him; he's such a drip.

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