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sappiness noun[ U ] informaldisapprovinguk /ˈsæp.i.nəs/ us /ˈsæp.i.nəs/ the state of being extremely emotional in an embarrassing way: The story expresses powerful emotions, without resorting to sappiness. He manages to convey emotion without crossing over into sappiness. The story is told with less sappiness and sentimentality than you might expect. Her writing is gritty, and the script manages to steer clear of sappiness. Sometimes the band go too far in the direction of sappiness. The film's sense of humour keeps the sappiness at arm's length. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Sentimental and over-emotional cloying cloyingly gauzily gushily gushy mawkishness mush mushily mushy sappy sentimentalist sentimentality sick-making sloppily sloppiness slushy syrupy treacly twee tweeness
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