1. (

• sappy

) abounding in sap; "sappy maple trees"; "sappy kindling wood" ;

2. (

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

) effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" ;