drippy

drip·py

D d

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [drip-ee]
- /ˈdrɪp i/
- /ˈdrɪp.i/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [drip-ee]
- /ˈdrɪp i/

Definitions of drippy word

adjective drippy dripping or tending to drip: a drippy faucet. 1
adjective drippy tending to be rainy, wet, or drizzly: a hot, drippy country; drippy weather. 1
adjective drippy Slang. revoltingly sentimental; mawkish: another drippy love story. 1
noun drippy Weak, ineffectual, or sloppily sentimental. 1
adjective drippy person: feeble or ineffectual 1
adjective drippy dripping moister or water 1

See all 16 definitions of drippy

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Origin of drippy

First appearance:

before 1810

One of the 40% newest English words

First recorded in 1810-20; drip + -y1

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Parts of speech for Drippy

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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drippy popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for drippy

adj drippy

bathetic — containing or displaying bathos
gushy — given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc.
maudlin — tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog.
mawkish — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
mushy — resembling mush; pulpy.

adjective drippy

sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.

All 11 Synonyms of drippy