drippiness

Definitions of drippiness
  1. noun
    the physical property of being soft and drippy
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    type of:
    physical property
    any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
  2. noun
    falsely emotional in a maudlin way
    synonyms: mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness
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    types:
    corn
    something sentimental or trite
    schmaltz, schmalz, shmaltz
    (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
    sentimentalism
    a predilection for sentimentality
    type of:
    emotionalism, emotionality
    emotional nature or quality
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