sappier; sappiest
1
: abounding with sap
2
: resembling or consisting largely of sapwood
3
a
: overly sweet or sentimental
b
: lacking in good sense : silly
Examples of sappy in a Sentence
She gets all sappy when she is around babies.
a sappy letter filled with silly romantic clichés
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
That’s sappy but sweet stuff, arriving at a time when so much of the human project seems bent toward cruelty and annihilation.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
Derek has been feeling just as blissfully sappy.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Alphabet joined Fidelity Investments in a $1 billion funding round in 2015 in exchange for what was then a 10% stake in SpaceX.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
That’s sappy but sweet stuff, arriving at a time when so much of the human project seems bent toward cruelty and annihilation.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
Derek has been feeling just as blissfully sappy.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Alphabet joined Fidelity Investments in a $1 billion funding round in 2015 in exchange for what was then a 10% stake in SpaceX.
Christmas kitsch boom
Connecticut is cashing in on its role in sappy Christmas movies.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sappy
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“Sappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sappy. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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