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sappy

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sap·py  (sp)
adj. sap·pi·er, sap·pi·est
1. Full of sap; juicy.
2. Slang Excessively sentimental; mawkish.
3. Slang Silly or foolish.
sappi·ly adv.
sappi·ness n.
sappy [ˈsæpɪ]
adj -pier, -piest
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of plants) full of sap
2. full of energy or vitality
3. Slang silly or fatuous
sappily  adv
sappiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sappysappy - ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
2.sappy - abounding in sap; "sappy maple trees"; "sappy kindling wood"
juicy - full of juice
Translations
sappy1 [ˈsæpɪ] ADJ (Bot) → lleno de savia, jugoso
sappy2 [ˈsæpɪ] ADJ (= foolish) → bobo
sappy
adj
plant etc → saftig, voller Saft; (fig) → kraftvoll, voller Energie
(esp US = over-sentimental) play, book, film → rührselig; (inf: = silly, foolish) → einfältig, dämlich


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Somewhere a storm was gathering, but only a small cloud had scattered some raindrops lightly, sprinkling the road and the sappy leaves.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The safest plan is never to tread on a worm--not even on the last new subaltern from Home, with his buttons hardly out of their tissue paper, and the red of sappy English beef in his cheeks.
His Wedded Wife by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
The petition had been largely signed; many tearful and eloquent meetings had been held, and a committee of sappy women been appointed to go in deep mourning and wail around the governor, and implore him to be a merciful ass and trample his duty under foot.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
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