drippy

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdrɪpi/ UK /ˈdrɪpi/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
tending to drip; (informal) weakly sentimental or feeble

The film's drippy ending left the cynics rolling their eyes.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · tending to drip; (informal)... sentimental mawkish feeble wetsoppymushy

Opposites

tough robust

Word family

Related forms dripdrippiness

Etymology

From 'drip' + the adjectival suffix '-y'. The figurative 'feebly sentimental' sense developed in 20th-century informal English.

dryppan Old English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

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# drippy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈdrɪpi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdrɪpi/

## Meanings
1. tending to drip; (informal) weakly sentimental or feeble

## Examples
- The film's drippy ending left the cynics rolling their eyes.

## Synonyms
- sentimental
- mawkish
- feeble
- wet
- soppy
- mushy

## Antonyms
- tough
- robust

## Related Forms
- drip
- drippiness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dryppan

## Etymology
From 'drip' + the adjectival suffix '-y'. The figurative 'feebly sentimental' sense developed in 20th-century informal English.

## AI Etymology
Drippy is from 'drip' + the adjectival suffix '-y'. The figurative 'feebly sentimental' sense developed in 20th-century informal English. Important recorded forms include dryppan (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers tending to drip; (informal) weakly sentimental or feeble. The wider family includes related words such as drip and drippiness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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