drippy

drip·py

adj \ˈdri-pē\

drip·pi·erdrip·pi·est

Definition of DRIPPY

1

: characterized by dripping; especially : rainy, drizzly

2

: mawkish 2

Examples of DRIPPY

1. <drippy romance novels that are apparently intended for the terminally lovesick>

First Known Use of DRIPPY

circa 1718

Related to DRIPPY

Synonyms: chocolate-box, cloying, corny, fruity, gooey, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, novelettish, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, slushy, soppy, soupy, spoony (or spooney), sticky, sugarcoated, sugary, wet

Antonyms: unsentimental

Related Words: dreamy, misty-eyed, moonstruck, moony, nostalgic, starry-eyed; feel-good, fuzzy; melodramatic, soap-operatic, soapy, sudsy; flat, insipid, soft-boiled, tasteless, vapid, watery; cutesy, twee [chiefly British]

Near Antonyms: unadulterated, unvarnished; antisentimental, cynical, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hardheaded

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Rhymes with DRIPPY

chippy, dippy, flippy, hippie, hippy, lippy, nippy, quippy, slippy, snippy, tippy, trippy, whippy, yippee, yippie, zippy