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sappy

[ sap-ee ]

adjective

sappier, sappiest.
  1. abounding in sap, as a plant.
  2. full of vitality and energy.
  3. Slang. silly or foolish.
  4. Slang. overly sentimental:

    It’s one of those sappy romantic ballads.



sappy

/ ˈ²õæ±èɪ /

adjective

  1. (of plants) full of sap
  2. full of energy or vitality
  3. slang.
    silly or fatuous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ²¹±è±è¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ²õ²¹±è±è¾±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ²¹±è·±è¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sappy1

First recorded before 1100; Middle English sapy, Old English ²õæ±è¾±²µ; sap 1, -y 1
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People are swooning over sappy K-dramas from Dubai to India to Singapore.

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As part of his application process, he wrote a “sappy, cheesy†personal statement, the memory of which embarrasses him now.

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To counter this, she has an uncommonly strong script for the genre, balancing the sappy and sentimental with a slangy skater-queer-cool-kid voice inhabited comfortably by both Stella and Plaza.

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They’re sappy and maudlin, aiming to reduce the audience to a puddle of tears.

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For decades, the powers that be have told a very specific narrative about us: triumphalist and trite, self-congratulatory and sappy, while staying far away from our difficult parts.

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