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Synonyms for drippy

  • adjective

Most common

wet mushy slushy soupy lavish plush opulent drizzly

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Sappy — maudlin; sentimental

sappy US, gooey informal, wet, soupy, soppy UK, slushy, mushy, syrupy, schmaltzy, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, hokey informal US, sentimental, bathetic, icky informal, treacly, oversentimental

2. Irksome — tiresome; annoying

irksome, wearing, bothersome, vexatious

3. Showery — rainy

showery, pluvious, rainsome dated

4. Lusty — wet (sexually aroused)

lusty informal, frisky, thirsty

Other

drizzly, opulent, plush, lavish

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Rainy.

  2. adj. 2

    Maudlin; sentimental.

  3. adj. 3

    Tiresome; annoying.

  4. adj. 4

    Wet (sexually aroused)

Related words

Word family
drippily drippiness

Example sentences

  • wet Wet and stormy areas will get wetter and stormier.
  • mushy The candy I had in my bag went mushy in the heat.
  • lavish Sami continued to lavish Layla with every attention.
  • plush The bed is covered with a plush, velvet bedspread.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
drippyrising
wetsteady
mushyrising
slushyrising
soupyrising
lavishrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
wet1
4 letters
icky
5 letters
plush1, gooey2, mushy2, lusty2, sappy, hokey2, soupy2, soppy2
6 letters
lavish2, frisky2, slushy, syrupy
7 letters
wearing2, thirsty2, opulent3, maudlin2, irksome2, kitschy, drizzly2, showery, mawkish2, treacly
8 letters
bathetic, pluvious, rainsome
9 letters
vexatious3, schmaltzy
10 letters
bothersome3
11 letters
sentimental4
15 letters
oversentimental

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gooey2 = 2 syllables).