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Antonyms for sappy

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sap-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæp i

Definition of sappy

Origin :
  • "full of sap," Late Old English sæpig, from sæp (see sap (n.1)). Figurative sense of "foolishly sentimental" (1660s) may have developed from an intermediate sense of "wet, sodden" (late 15c.). Earlier, now obsolete, figurative senses were "full of vitality" (1550s) and "immature" (1620s).
  • adj foolish, sentimental
Example sentences :
  • The wind had got into the sou' west, too—a delicious air, sappy!
  • Extract from : « Five Tales » by John Galsworthy
  • Fat and green and fruitful may ye be, in the true and sappy root.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford
  • The sappy one set the leg and withdrew, programming a call for the next day.
  • Extract from : « The Sunset Trail » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • This was in Western Ontario amongst a range of sappy pine hills.
  • Extract from : « Hunting Dogs » by Oliver Hartley
  • It is not especially valuable for timber, because it is too sappy.
  • Extract from : « On Canada's Frontier » by Julian Ralph
  • That is the way I avoid the winter killing of the sappy growth.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the » by Various
  • Now that he was in no danger Sappy had the sense to keep quiet.
  • Extract from : « Two Little Savages » by Ernest Thompson Seton
  • He was a good deal of a character, and much better company than the sappy literature he was selling.
  • Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • When a tree goes into the winter with sappy wood, it is injured, and we say it is not hardy.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 » by Various
  • And what does the wise, sagacious, sappy, perspiring man of wisdom like yourself who knows a thing or two do?
  • Extract from : « In Camp With A Tin Soldier » by John Kendrick Bangs

Synonyms for sappy

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