Synonyms of drooling

drooling 1 of 2

adjective

as in slobbering

Related Words

• slobbering
• slavering
• oily
• sickening
• gushy
• soapy
• oleaginous
• hagiographic
• cloying
• unctuous
• gushing
• uninhibited
• adulatory
• effusive
• hypocritical
• mushy
• fulsome
• unreserved
• demonstrative
• sanctimonious
• unrestrained
• insincere
• feigned
• backhanded
• ingratiating
• winning
• copious
• endearing
• profuse
• two-faced
• artificial
• mealymouthed
• disarming
• abundant
• extravagant
• lavish
• left-handed
• winsome

Dissimilar Words

• earnest
• unaffected
• genuine
• true
• sincere
• honest
• ingenuous
• heartfelt
• artless
• unpretentious
• unfeigned
• unpretending

drooling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of drool

1

as in spitting

to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth

the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spitting
• salivating
• slavering
• slobbering
• watering
• dribbling
• foaming
• driveling
• frothing
• sputtering
• spluttering
• expectorating

2

as in raving

to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm

middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raving
• fussing
• gushing
• slobbering
• rhapsodizing
• fawning
• enthusing
• effusing
• doting (on)
• emoting

3

as in chatting

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

stop drooling, slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatting
• chattering
• shouting
• gibbering
• babbling
• jabbering
• prattling
• sputtering
• muttering
• gabbling
• rattling
• shrieking
• driveling
• stuttering
• mumbling
• bumbling
• blathering
• blabbering
• screeching
• trolling
• blithering
• gabbing
• yakking
• stammering
• murmuring
• prating
• mouthing
• bleating
• pattering
• jawing
• jangling
• tittle-tattling
• smattering
• running on
• chuntering
• maundering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• articulating
• pronouncing
• enunciating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drooling

Verb

Mix these finds into your work wardrobe or your off-duty ensembles—they’re versatile enough to do it all, and the festive palette is worth drooling over. — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2026

There was one of Melissa Gorga’s sprinkle cookies ground into the carpet, and there was Kelsey Swanson, passed out under the piano and drooling on the parquet. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Typical letdown game for a Florida team the national media just spent a week drooling over. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Toward the end of the film, that kid is grown up and stuck in an incestuous relationship with his mother, while a nearly incapacitated Dau sits drooling nearby. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Video released by the Milwaukie Police Department shows Descamps sprawled in a hospital bed, his body limp, moaning and drooling, while medical staff stood nearby. — Brian Mann, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026

While drooling during sleep can conjure scary thoughts of a health problem, experts say the habit is nothing to worry about — though there are still certain signs to watch for. — Gavin Escott, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

If your pet is vomiting, drooling, showing weakness or having trouble swallowing or breathing, head directly to a veterinary hospital. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026

The clearest early warning is heavy, frantic panting when a dog has not been exercising, along with drooling, red or dark gums, weakness or vomiting. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026