sappy
abounding in sap, as a plant.
full of vitality and energy.
Slang. silly or foolish.
Slang. overly sentimental: It’s one of those sappy romantic ballads.
Origin of sappy
1Other words from sappy
- sap·pi·ness, noun
Words Nearby sappy
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How to use sappy in a sentence
Whether you consider it touching or sappy, the movie is a vision of what baseball can be in our minds and memories, along with what it actually is.
What If ‘Field Of Dreams’ Got A Do-Over? Our Picks For An Updated Lineup. | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 11, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThere was no mulling around with me potentially making it worse by being wishy washy and sappy.
The Fast & Furious movies are sweet and earnest and sappy, and they don’t particularly care if you know that.
The rise and rise and rise of the Fast & Furious franchise | Emily VanDerWerff | June 25, 2021 | VoxThough filled with darkness as well as light, with loneliness as well as bar-hopping, his work isn’t sappy.
‘Love and Other Poems’ will satisfy your need for romance | Kathi Wolfe | May 27, 2021 | Washington BladeI always looked back on it as a breakup album, but after re-listening now as a sappy 34-year-old, it’s a lot more.
The Significance of Taylor Swift's Fearless in 2008—and How Taylor's Version Stacks Up | TIME Staff | April 9, 2021 | Time
Natalia comes around after a bit of ruminating to sappy music.
The trailer was too sappy to go with my friends and the poster was too steamy to go with my parents.
A Love Letter to ‘The Notebook,’ a Melodrama That Commits to Its Sentimentality | Teo Bugbee | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe lyrics range from sappy to explicit, but the level of lunacy is nothing if not consistent.
Miley Cyrus’s Craziest Lyrics From ‘Bangerz,’ Analyzed | Amy Zimmerman | October 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNot in a sappy, ‘Oh my God I totally love you way,’ but in a way that reinforces other aspects of my personality.
Molly: The Dangerous Drug That’s Too Good to Quit | Abby Haglage | September 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDropping off Haley at school could have been really dewy and sappy.
Emmys 2013: Julie Bowen’s Favorite ‘Modern Family’ Moments (VIDEO) | Julie Bowen | September 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST"A sappy pea-vine and a dried pea-stick," said Milford, pointing toward George and his wife.
A Yankee from the West | Opie ReadAnd what does the wise, sagacious, sappy, perspiring man of wisdom like yourself who knows a thing or two do?
In Camp With A Tin Soldier | John Kendrick BangsHe was a good deal of a character, and much better company than the sappy literature he was selling.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)sappy's eyes were not the sinister black beads of the wily Red-man, but a washed-out blue.
Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson SetonAt noon sappy set out nothing but dirty dishes, and explained that so long as each got his own it was all right.
Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson Seton
British Dictionary definitions for sappy
/ (ˈsæpɪ) /
(of plants) full of sap
full of energy or vitality
slang silly or fatuous
Derived forms of sappy
- sappily, adverb
- sappiness, noun
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