drippiness

drippiness
noun
1. the physical property of being soft and drippy
Derivationally related forms: ↑drippy
Hypernyms: ↑physical property
2. falsely emotional in a maudlin way
Derivationally related forms: ↑sloppy (for: ↑sloppiness), ↑mushy (for: ↑mushiness), ↑drippy, ↑sentimental (for: ↑sentimentality), ↑mawkish (for: ↑mawkishness)
Hypernyms: ↑emotionality, ↑emotionalism
Hyponyms: ↑corn, ↑schmaltz, ↑shmaltz, ↑schmalz, ↑sentimentalism

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