EGAVE

sappy

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
    It was a sappy love song, but it reminded them of their first dance.
  2. adjective Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.
  3. adjective Juicy.
  4. adjective Spongy; Having spaces in which large quantities of sap can flow.
  5. adjective Musty; tainted; rancid.

Similar words

zany wacky silly goofy cockamamy foolish fool juicy unreasonable cockamamie

Often followed by

and growth love as grin smile or wood about

Word family

sappier sappiest

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