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Meaning of 'sappy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sappy [ a.]
- Musty; tainted.
2 . Sappy [ superl.]
- Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.
- Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble.
- Weak in intellect.
- Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting largely of, sapwood.

Meaning of 'sappy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sappy [ s]
Meaning (1):
- effusively or insincerely emotional
Example in sentence:
  • a bathetic novel;
  • a schmaltzy song;
  • maudlin expressions of sympathy;
  • mushy effusiveness;
  • sentimental soap operas;
  • slushy poetry
Meaning (2):
- abounding in sap
Example in sentence:
  • sappy kindling wood;
  • sappy maple trees

Nearby Words:

sap sapadillo sapajo sapajou sapan wood sapful saphead saphenous sapid sapidity

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