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    SAPPY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: sappier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, sappiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: sappier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: sappiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Effusively or insincerely emotionalplay

    Example:

    slushy poetry

    Synonyms:

    bathetic; drippy; hokey; kitschy; maudlin; mawkish; mushy; sappy; schmaltzy; schmalzy; sentimental; slushy; soppy; soupy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    emotional (of more than usual emotion)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Abounding in sapplay

    Example:

    sappy kindling wood

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    juicy (full of juice)

    Derivation:

    sap (a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant)

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