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
Synonyms
Examples of sappy in a Sentence
She gets all sappy when she is around babies.
a sappy letter filled with silly romantic clichés
Recent Examples on the Web
The trouble is, even shows that purport to take journalism seriously have a habit of turning sappy or campy when the main characters are female.
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TIME, 14 Mar. 2024
In a city where elements coexist (but don't necessarily get along), fire woman Ember (voiced by Leah Lewis) and sappy water guy Wade (Mamoudou Athie) meet and go on an adventure that sparks a relationship.
—USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
Composer Pancho Burgos-Goizueta’s sappy strings are too omnipresent, doing much of the heavy lifting in the obstacle-upon-obstacle third act, racing to the makeshift hospital transport location during an already harrowing, real-life snowstorm in 1994.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
Never sappy or sentimental, Rumer Godden’s expressive tales will show you joy in the small things and ask you to look a little deeper.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
Duchovny stars alongside Logan Marshall-Green in a two-hander about a misanthropic man dying of cancer and his sappy son, who craves love from his dad.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
Good Men way back when, right down to the sappy music cues.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
The lovebirds don’t shy away from PDA or writing sappy notes to one another on social media either.
—Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
Succulents and other more moisture-retentive plants are useful, but sappy, resinous plants should generally be avoided on sites that could be vulnerable to wildfires now or in the future.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 2 Aug. 2023
TIME, 14 Mar. 2024
In a city where elements coexist (but don't necessarily get along), fire woman Ember (voiced by Leah Lewis) and sappy water guy Wade (Mamoudou Athie) meet and go on an adventure that sparks a relationship.
—USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
Composer Pancho Burgos-Goizueta’s sappy strings are too omnipresent, doing much of the heavy lifting in the obstacle-upon-obstacle third act, racing to the makeshift hospital transport location during an already harrowing, real-life snowstorm in 1994.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
Never sappy or sentimental, Rumer Godden’s expressive tales will show you joy in the small things and ask you to look a little deeper.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
Duchovny stars alongside Logan Marshall-Green in a two-hander about a misanthropic man dying of cancer and his sappy son, who craves love from his dad.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
Good Men way back when, right down to the sappy music cues.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
The lovebirds don’t shy away from PDA or writing sappy notes to one another on social media either.
—Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
Succulents and other more moisture-retentive plants are useful, but sappy, resinous plants should generally be avoided on sites that could be vulnerable to wildfires now or in the future.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 2 Aug. 2023
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“Sappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sappy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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