Sappy

/ˈsæpi/

Synonyms for "sappy" (148 found)

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botanical propertyemotionalityplant tissue propertysentimentality

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cliched dialoguemawkish prosesap-laden barksap-rich tissuesappy woodsyrupy romancetreacly music

Collocations

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sappy endingsappy lyricssappy melodysappy prosesappy romancesappy sentiment

Inflections

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Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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He was a good deal of a character, and much better company than the sappy literature he was selling.

Source: wiktionary

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!”

Source: wiktionary

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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