sappy
Dripping with schmaltz
Sappy describes something excessively sentimental or emotional in a way that feels cloying or unearned: a sappy love song, The movie got too sappy at the end.
The word suggests sweetness without substance—tears or feelings that come too easily.
Literally, sappy means full of sap, the fluid in plants, which is where the figurative sense originates: sticky-sweet like tree sap.
Excessively and insincerely sentimental
- mushySoft or saccharine
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- syrupyExcessively sweet or sentimental
corny · cheesy · cloying · treacly · gooey · overwrought · tearjerker · weepy
Apt to adhere
- gummySticky and soft
- viscousThick and slow-flowing
- oozingLeaking viscously and slowly
- tackyVulgar or slightly sticky
glutinous · gooey · resin · pitch · syrup · latex · amber · pine
Longing for the past
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- tenderSoft or sore
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
touching · bittersweet · poignant · reminiscent · yearning · longing · misty-eyed · romantic
Free from moral wrong
- childlikeHaving youthful innocence
- guilelessFree from deceit
- ingenuousInnocently frank and trusting
- starry-eyedNaively romantic or idealistic
idealistic · trusting · simple · artless · unsophisticated · wide-eyed · credulous · impressionable
schmaltzy
Excessively and insincerely sentimental
- mushySoft or saccharine
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
syrupy · corny · cheesy · cloying · treacly · gooey · overwrought · tearjerker · weepy · lachrymose
sticky
Apt to adhere
tacky · glutinous · gooey · resin · pitch · syrup · latex · amber · pine · maple
nostalgic
Longing for the past
emotional · touching · bittersweet · poignant · reminiscent · yearning · longing · misty-eyed · romantic · dewy-eyed
innocent
Free from moral wrong
starry-eyed · idealistic · trusting · simple · artless · unsophisticated · wide-eyed · credulous · impressionable · green
- sentimentalitymawkish, schmaltzy, saccharine, treacly, cloying
- slang adjectivescool, awesome, dope, lit, sick
- excessive sweetnesssaccharine, cloying, syrupy, sugary, treacly
- emotionaldramatic, hysterical, weepy, tearful, melodramatic
- lovingloving, adoring, affectionate, amorous, caring
- slang moodsbummed, chill, cranky, edgy, grumpy
sappyunsentimental
Lacking emotional softness
cynical · hard-boiled · hardheaded · cold · jaded
sap, sapling, saplings, sappiness, sappier, sapwood, sapless, sappiest, saphead