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DRIPPINESS

• DRIPPINESS (noun)
The noun DRIPPINESS has 2 senses:

1. the physical property of being soft and drippy
2. falsely emotional in a maudlin way

Familiarity information: DRIPPINESS used as a noun is rare.

• DRIPPINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The physical property of being soft and drippy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("drippiness" is a kind of...):

physical property (a property used to characterize physical objects)

Sense 2

drippiness ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Falsely emotional in a maudlin way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

sentimentality; drippiness; mawkishness; mushiness; soupiness; sloppiness

Hypernyms ("drippiness" is a kind of...):

emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drippiness"):

corn (something sentimental or trite)

schmaltz; schmalz; shmaltz ((Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music)

sentimentalism (a predilection for sentimentality)

"No man can serve two masters."
(English proverb)
"Sow with one hand, reap with both."
(Albanian proverb)
"Who does, pays."
(Catalan proverb)
"A horse aged thirty: don't add any more years."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
schmalz definition
Pronunciation of emotionalism
sentimentalism definition
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