He was a good deal of a character, and much better company than the sappy literature he was selling.
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Sappy
//ˈsæpi//
Synonyms for "sappy" (145 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (72)
Related word relations
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Translations
36 translations across 16 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- հյութեղ adj (having sap)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сочен adj (having sap)
Catalan
2 entries- apegalós adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- embafador adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
Czech
4 entries- limonádový adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- přeslazený adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- přihlouplý adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- šťavnatý adj (having sap)
Dutch
4 entries- honingzoet adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- melig adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- sap adj (having sap)
- sappig adj (having sap)
Finnish
3 entries- imelä adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- mahlainen adj (having sap)
- siirappinen adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
French
2 entries- cucul adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- mielleux adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
Ingrian
1 entries- mahlain adj (having sap)
Italian
3 entries- mieloso adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- sdolcinato adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- stucchevole m. adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
Middle English
1 entries- sappy adj (having sap)
Māori
1 entries- hūtororē adj (having sap)
Portuguese
3 entries- grudento adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- meloso adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- piegas adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
Romanian
4 entries- emoționant adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- nostalgic adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- siropos adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- siropos adj (having sap)
Russian
1 entries- слаща́вый adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
Spanish
1 entries- cursi adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
Swedish
2 entries- fånig adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
- sentimental adj (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
To himself, already beginning to resent the new employer as all that morning he had been resenting the old one, Dr. Planish groaned, “He’s getting saintly on me! A careerist in holiness! I'll never be happy till I've got an organization where I’m sole boss—unless it’s one run by a fellow like Colonel Marduc, who has real brains and power—and cash!—and not a lot of sappy sentimentality like Vesper or psychopathic malice like Sneaky Sandy—Oh dear!”
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It was a sappy love song, but it reminded them of their first dance.
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‘Torches are made to light, jewels to wear, Dainties to taste, fresh beauty for the use, Herbs for their smell, and sappy plants to bear: Things growing to themselves are growth’s abuse: Seeds spring from seeds and beauty breedeth beauty; Thou wast begot; to get it is thy duty.
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