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sappiness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sappiness

the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)

  • the over-the-top sappiness of the verse on the Valentine's Day card
Synonyms of sappiness

bathos, gooeyness, lovey-doveyness, mawkishness, mush, mushiness, saccharinity, sentimentalism, sentimentality, sloppiness, soppiness, syrup (also sirup)
Words Related to sappiness

emotion

sentiment

corn, corniness, hokeyness (or hokiness), schmaltz (also schmalz)
Near Antonyms of sappiness

cynicism, hardheadedness, hard-heartedness

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