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UK
/dɹˈɪpi/
]
ADJECTIVE
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effusively or insincerely emotional
sentimental soap operas
slushy poetry
maudlin expressions of sympathy
a bathetic novel
mushy effusiveness
a schmaltzy song -
wet with light rain
a wet drippy day
a sad drizzly day -
leaking in drops
a drippy faucet
How To Use drippy In A Sentence
- Where's that drippy brother of yours?
- I'm expecting a lot of glamour -- in spite of the fact that it's kind of drippy outside and on the chilly side! ETonline - Breaking News
- I never get tired of drippy tomato-and-mayo sandwiches.
- a wet drippy day
- Meanwhile, his own pet projects sound kind of drippy and humorless. Karina’s Capsule: Indie vs. Studio
- The first day of school is right around the corner and young people around the country are relishing these last few days of summer vacation like the drippy end of a Popsicle.
- Hyperhidrosis is the name given to incredibly drippy armpits or feet. Times, Sunday Times
- Today, when the world is drippy, puddly and weeping with rain, leaden with clouds and hazy memories of sunshine, one stays home and tends to domestic gardens, such as laundry, stove-scrubbing, and floor-mopping.
- The last is of the drippy scion of the once-formidable founding family, who fails even to announce the paper's closure properly.
- Care to enliven this conversation with some drippy tidbits about Bea Arthur? Analyze this