Sappy

Quick meaning: Sappy is an adjective meaning (US) Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy).

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.
2. (obsolete) Juicy.
3. (obsolete, of wood) Spongy; Having spaces in which large quantities of sap can flow.
4. (obsolete) Musty; tainted; rancid.

Example Sentences

It was a sappy love song, but it reminded them of their first dance.

As always, there was a fizzing, popping blaze of pine and sappy apple logs in the fireplace.

He was a good deal of a character, and much better company than the sappy literature he was selling.

But these, tho’ fed with careful dirt, Are neither green nor sappy; Half-conscious of the garden-squirt, The spindlings look unhappy,

Word Forms

• sappier
• sappiest
• sapy

Synonyms for sappy

Depending on context, synonyms include schmaltzy, syrupy, treacly, bathetic, cheesy, corny.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include zany, wacky, silly, cockamamy, foolish, fool.

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