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Sappy Common

Sappy has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

abounding in sap

"sappy maple trees"

"sappy kindling wood"

2

effusively or insincerely emotional

"a bathetic novel"

"maudlin expressions of sympathy"

"mushy effusiveness"

"a schmaltzy song"

"sentimental soap operas"

"slushy poetry"

3

Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)

4

Musty; tainted; rancid.

Example Sentences
"sappy maple trees" adjective
"sappy kindling wood" adjective
"a bathetic novel" adjective
"maudlin expressions of sympathy" adjective
"mushy effusiveness" adjective
"a schmaltzy song" adjective
"sentimental soap operas" adjective
"slushy poetry" adjective
See Also
emotional sapfest cheesy sappiness soppy sweet unsappy mushy
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
appy eppy oppy uppy tappy cappy moppy pippy sippy lappy dippy duppy cuppy nappy guppy gyppy yuppy yippy pappy nippy
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