Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by dripping; drizzly.
- adjective Tiresome or annoying.
- adjective Mawkishly sentimental.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective persistently dripping even when shut.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective dripping or tending to
drip . - adjective tending to be rainy or wet.
- adjective tiresome or annoying.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective effusively or insincerely emotional
- adjective wet with light rain
- adjective leaking in drops
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Examples
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Mostly because I found Romeo & Juliet kind of drippy in high school.
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Meanwhile, his own pet projects sound kind of drippy and humorless.
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"I'm expecting a lot of glamour -- in spite of the fact that it's kind of drippy outside and on the chilly side!"
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These are the kind of drippy artists 'politics that we haven't seen much in years.
GreenCine Daily 2009
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These are the kind of drippy artists 'politics that we haven't seen much in years.
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Care to enliven this conversation with some drippy tidbits about Bea Arthur?
Analyze this Tyler 2009
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Michael realized he didn't have to be drippy and adult to be taken seriously as a solo artist.
Michael Giltz: Music: George Michael's "Faith" And The Era Of The Blockbuster Michael Giltz 2011
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Michael realized he didn't have to be drippy and adult to be taken seriously as a solo artist.
Michael Giltz: Music: George Michael's "Faith" And The Era Of The Blockbuster Michael Giltz 2011
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Unusually high numbers of people have been diagnosed with chronic sinus problems, or inflammation of their nasal passages that makes their nose run constantly and causes a drippy cough.
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Unusually high numbers of people have been diagnosed with chronic sinus problems, or inflammation of their nasal passages that makes their nose run constantly and causes a drippy cough.
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