drippiness

• Substantivo que designa a qualidade ou o estado de ser mole, úmido e propenso a pingar ou escorrer; também pode se referir a um sentimentalismo exagerado e choroso.

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.

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1. Physical property of being soft and drippyC1formal

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

   Gotejamento

   • 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.

   Sinônimosmoistnesssogginesswetness

2. Excessive sentimentalityC1informal

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

   Sentimentalismo excessivo

   • 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.

   Sinônimosmawkishnessmushinessschmaltzsentimentalitysloppiness

   Antônimosreservestoicism