drippiness

• Nom désignant la qualité ou l'état de ce qui est mou, humide et suinte ou dégouline, ou un caractère émotionnel excessivement sentimental et larmoyant.

A noun referring to the quality or state of being soft, wet, and prone to dripping, or to an overly sentimental and maudlin emotional quality.

indénombrable

1. Physical property of being soft and drippyC1formal

   The quality or state of being soft, wet, and tending to drip or flow slowly.

   État de ce qui est mou et qui dégouline

   • The drippiness of the melting ice cream made a mess on the table.
   • The paint's drippiness caused it to run down the canvas.
   • He complained about the drippiness of the wet sponge.

   Synonymesmoistnesssogginesswetness

2. Excessive sentimentalityC1informal

   A quality of being overly sentimental or emotional in a way that seems insincere or mawkish.

   Mièvrerie sentimentale

   • The movie's drippiness made it hard to take seriously.
   • I can't stand the drippiness of those greeting card poems.
   • His speech was full of drippiness, trying to manipulate the audience's emotions.

   Synonymesmawkishnessmushinessschmaltzsentimentalitysloppiness

   Antonymesreservestoicism