Drippy (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

Wet with light rain; "a sad drizzly day"; "a wet drippy day".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

• The gray skies made for a drippy morning commute to work.
• The drippy fog rolled in off the ocean and shrouded the city.
• After the storm passed, the drippy trees glistened in the sunlight.
• The drippy rainfall made the streets slick and hazardous to drive on.
• The park was nearly deserted on the drippy and overcast Sunday afternoon.

Synonyms

• Drizzly

Related Words

• Drippiness (noun)

Meaning ²

Leaking in drops; "a drippy faucet".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Related Words

• Drip (noun)

Meaning ³

Effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Schmaltzy
• Sappy
• Hokey
• Maudlin
• Soupy
• Slushy
• Bathetic
• Kitschy
• Soppy
• Mushy
• Sentimental
• Mawkish
• Schmalzy

Related Words

• Drippiness (noun)