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

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

Isaacs said the symptoms of heat stress or heat stroke include excessive panting, drooling, vomiting, seizures or collapse. — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 1 July 2026