drippy
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈdrɪpi/
- Offensive
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empalagoso
- This entire movie is a bubbling, drippy cheese sandwich.
Examples
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You know, like I like I know something's I know that this person that's being so drippy sweet, I know when he's too nice.
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It was written so strong and, and, and drippy with menace.
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It was written so strong and, and, and drippy with menace.
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However, without plot spoilers, in the last chapters she suddenly becomes very predictable and, well, kind of drippy.
Blog text (30) -
They are gestural, quick, drippy, almost violent, reckless lines.
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That's not to say the source material deserves that respect; occasionally the dialogue can veer into drippy sentimentality, and the drama gets a tad overwrought.
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Lauren (Miller) has been dumped by her drippy lawyer boyfriend, who wants to "evaluate" their relationship while he spends the summer working in Italy—and kicks her out when he leaves.
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It could have been that the narration—appropriately drippy and glum—stuck The End of the Affair in my mind, but rereading it now for the third or fourth time, I don't think so.
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Many people find the movie's drippy dialogue to be embarrassing and overly sentimental.
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She always rolled her eyes at his drippy declarations of love, thinking they were just silly.
Synonyms
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4.5
Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional
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4.3
Showing too much emotion in a way that seems silly or fake
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7.0
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
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8.2
Showing fake feeling and too much emotion
22
3.7
Too emotional in a way that seems not sincere
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8.2
Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste
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8.0
Too emotional in a way that seems silly or not sincere
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7.0
Showing too much emotion in a way that feels silly
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7.9
Showing strong feelings, often sad or moody
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8.2
Too sweet or emotional in a way that makes you feel sick
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8.7
Too emotional in a way that feels false or silly
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9.4
Showing feelings that are not real and too sweet
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5.8
Too emotional and sentimental in a way that seems silly
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5.4
Overly sentimental and emotional in a way that seems false
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9.9
Too sentimental in a way that feels fake or silly
Showing strong, simple feelings in a way that seems fake
Being very emotional in a way that feels fake
Too sentimental and not sincere
Being too emotional in a cheap, false way
Too sweet and emotional so it feels false
Too emotional and sweet in a way that feels fake
Too sweet and sentimental in tone or style
Having too much sugar in taste or feeling too emotional
Too sentimental and weak in feeling, often seeming false
Showing too much love in a silly, naive way
Antonyms
How Sentimental
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the emotional meaning of drippy is to think of something 'dripping with emotion', like a story full of tears or sweet words. So calling a book or film drippy means it feels overly sentimental or a little silly.