sappiness

NOUN

sentimentality

Synonyms

WEAK

bathos emotionalness gushiness maudlinism maudlinness mawkishness melodrama melodramatics mushiness nostalgia reminiscence sentiment sentimentalism triteness

Example Sentences

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The Farrellys need to remember this: Sappiness is easy, comedy is hard.

From Time Magazine Archive