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单词 sappy
释义

sappy

adjective

sap·​py ˈsa-pē How to pronounce sappy (audio)
sappier; sappiest
1
: abounding with sap
2
: resembling or consisting largely of sapwood
3
a
: overly sweet or sentimental
b
: lacking in good sense : silly

Synonyms

  • chocolate-box
  • cloying
  • corny
  • drippy
  • fruity
  • gooey
  • lovey-dovey
  • maudlin
  • mawkish
  • mushy
  • novelettish
  • saccharine
  • schmaltzy
  • sentimental
  • sloppy
  • slushy
  • soppy
  • soupy
  • spoony
  • spooney
  • sticky
  • sugarcoated
  • sugary
  • wet
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Example Sentences

She gets all sappy when she is around babies. a sappy letter filled with silly romantic clichés
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Word History

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

sappy

adjective

sap·​py ˈsa-pē How to pronounce sappy (audio)
sappier; sappiest
: sad or romantic in a foolish or exaggerated way
a sappy story

sappy

adjective

1
as in sentimental
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way a sappy letter filled with silly romantic clichés

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sentimental
  • sticky
  • sloppy
  • schmaltzy
  • maudlin
  • mawkish
  • saccharine
  • soppy
  • corny
  • cloying
  • wet
  • mushy
  • fuzzy
  • sugary
  • drippy
  • gooey
  • sugarcoated
  • fruity
  • lovey-dovey
  • slushy
  • spoony
  • soupy
  • nostalgic
  • melodramatic
  • chocolate-box
  • moony
  • spooney
  • dreamy
  • novelettish
  • soapy
  • vapid
  • insipid
  • misty-eyed
  • moonstruck
  • feel-good
  • cutesy
  • sudsy
  • starry-eyed
  • soap-operatic
  • tasteless
  • twee
  • watery
  • flat
  • soft-boiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unsentimental
  • cynical
  • unadulterated
  • unvarnished
  • hardheaded
  • antisentimental
  • hard-edged
  • hard-boiled
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2
as in silly
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment a sappy plan to try to get her divorced parents back together again

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • silly
  • stupid
  • foolish
  • absurd
  • crazy
  • mad
  • idiotic
  • insane
  • dumb
  • simple
  • irrational
  • nutty
  • fatuous
  • ridiculous
  • dippy
  • zany
  • lunatic
  • weak
  • nonsensical
  • asinine
  • fool
  • wacky
  • simpleminded
  • daft
  • kooky
  • daffy
  • slow
  • screwball
  • jerky
  • idiotical
  • brainless
  • witless
  • loony
  • senseless
  • preposterous
  • lunkheaded
  • unreasonable
  • dopey
  • whacky
  • dotty
  • unwise
  • cuckoo
  • looney
  • harebrained
  • half-baked
  • cockeyed
  • moronic
  • tomfool
  • bubbleheaded
  • inept
  • dorky
  • crackpot
  • balmy
  • thoughtless
  • vacuous
  • dense
  • dull
  • obtuse
  • kookie
  • unreasoning
  • doltish
  • airheaded
  • soft
  • thickheaded
  • half-witted
  • mindless
  • lamebrain
  • clueless
  • illogical
  • weak-minded
  • unreasoned
  • thick
  • dunderheaded
  • dim
  • oafish
  • unintelligent
  • pinheaded
  • featherheaded
  • ludicrous
  • gormless
  • farcical
  • imbecile
  • softheaded
  • opaque
  • out to lunch
  • lamebrained
  • laughable
  • feebleminded
  • fallacious
  • empty-headed
  • invalid
  • dim-witted
  • imbecilic
  • knuckleheaded
  • brain-dead
  • dopy
  • surd
  • chuckleheaded
  • clownish
  • nonrational
  • unsound
  • buffoonish
  • boobish
  • birdbrained
  • slow-witted
  • chowderheaded
  • notional
  • unconsidered
  • ill-advised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sound
  • sensible
  • wise
  • clever
  • judicious
  • bright
  • sane
  • sagacious
  • intelligent
  • smart
  • prudent
  • sage
  • reasonable
  • brainy
  • rational
  • logical
  • valid
  • sapient
  • well-advised
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