sappiness
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈsæpɪnəs/
- Informal
- Up to now, Rikka's excuse of being as she is was the same as Yuuta: overload of sappiness.
Examples
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Still, the conclusion of it was worth wading through all the sappiness.
Blog text (9) -
While some people enjoy romance stories, I find the constant sappiness quite off-putting.
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Yeah, but deep down inside, you know you like the sappiness.
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You know, we're in imminent danger of sappiness.
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This was one of those Wilfred episodes where all the sappiness oozed out of your television screen, if you catch my meaning.
Blog text (9) -
Maybe I'm just uncultured, but I glanced at Peter and felt one of those unexpected pangs of sappiness.
Fiction book (2001) -
The film was criticized for its over-the-top sappiness, which made it hard to take seriously.
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Her excessive displays of emotion at the ceremony were an example of pure sappiness that felt insincere.
Synonyms
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5.5
A way of showing too much emotion that seems false
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7.3
The act of showing very strong feelings, often more than needed
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9.5
An overly emotional style in art like songs or films
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4.9
Too sentimental and not sincere
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7.9
A tendency to show too much tender or nostalgic feeling about the past
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9.5
A feeling of too much fake emotion that seems overly sweet
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8.4
A way of speaking or writing that sounds too sweet and not real
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7.7
Being overly emotional in a way that seems not sincere
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9.9
Too much emotion in art or music that feels overdone
A feeling that is too emotional and seems false
Too much emotion that seems false
A feeling of being too sad and emotional, often after drinking
A feeling that is too emotional in a story or film
Antonyms
How Sentimental
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sappiness can mean being overly sentimental or emotional. It comes from sap ('plant juice') plus -ness ('quality'), so it pictures being 'full of sap', full of soft, sweet feeling, which is why sappiness describes too much or insincere emotion.