Word forms: comparative drippier, superlative drippiest
adjective
If you describe someone as drippy, you mean that they are rather stupid and weak. If you describe something such as a book or a type of music as drippy, you mean that you think it is rather stupid, dull, and sentimental.
[informal, disapproval]
These men look a bit drippy.
...drippy infantile ideas.
drippy in British English
(ˈdrɪpɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -pier or -piest
1. informal
mawkish, insipid, or inane
2.
tending to drip
drippy in American English
(ˈdrɪpi)
US
adjectiveWord forms: ˈdrippier or ˈdrippiest
1.
characterized by dripping water, rain, etc.
2. Slang
overly sentimental, stupid, etc.
Examples of 'drippy' in a sentence
drippy
I was just putting a hot drippy marshmallow to my lips when a loud roar sounded.
Anita Anderson SUMMER OF SECRETS (2003)
I didn't coma but I pitched and minuteslong I lay sidewalked feeling drippy warm and I wondered if I was prepping to cool permanent.
Womack, Jack RANDOM ACTS OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE (2003)