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drippy
adjective
Effusively or insincerely emotional
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adjective
Effusively or insincerely emotional
“A bathetic novel”
adjective
Leaking in drops
“A drippy faucet”
adjective
Wet with light rain
“A sad drizzly day”
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A bathetic novel
Maudlin expressions of sympathy
Mushy effusiveness
A schmaltzy song
Sentimental soap operas
A drippy faucet
A sad drizzly day
A wet drippy day
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