sappy
adjective/sæpi/
Frequency rank: #17,485 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Excessively sentimental or emotional in a way that seems silly or overdone.
Example sentence
My friends teased me for crying at such sappy romantic movies.
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