Sappiness
Sappiness noun - The state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion).
Usage example: the over-the-top sappiness of the verse on the Valentine's Day card
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Synonyms for Sappiness
Sentimentality and sappiness are semantically related in feelings topic. In some cases you can use "Sentimentality" instead a noun "Sappiness".
Sentimentality
Sentimentality noun - The state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion).
Usage example: the sentimentality of the story of star-crossed lovers only made it even more popular with moviegoers
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Synonyms for Sentimentality
Sappiness and sentimentality are semantically related (North American) in feelings topic. You can use "Sappiness" instead a noun "Sentimentality". informal substitute
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Related pairs
- sentiment and sappiness
- sentiment and sentimentality
- emotion and sappiness
- emotion and sentimentality
- sensibility and sappiness
- sensibility and sentimentality
- mush and sappiness
- mush and sentimentality
- slush and sappiness
- slush and sentimentality
- corn and sappiness
- corn and sentimentality
- bathos and sappiness
- bathos and sentimentality
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Sentimentality and Sappiness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sappiness/sentimentality
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Sentimentality or Sappiness. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/sappiness/sentimentality.
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