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saccharine

[ sak-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn ]

adjective

  1. of the nature of or resembling that of sugar:

    a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.

  2. containing or yielding sugar.
  3. very sweet to the taste; sugary:

    a saccharine dessert.

  4. cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating:

    a saccharine personality.

  5. exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental:

    a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love.



saccharine

/ -ˌriːn; ˈsækəˌraɪn; ˌsækəˈrɪnɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. excessively sweet; sugary

    a saccharine smile

  2. of, relating to, of the nature of, or containing sugar or saccharin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈsaccharinely, adverb
  • saccharinity, noun
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Other Words From

  • saccha·rine·ly adverb
  • sac·cha·rin·i·ty [sak-, uh, -, rin, -i-tee], noun
  • non·saccha·rine adjective noun
  • nonsac·cha·rini·ty noun
  • un·saccha·rine adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saccharine1

First recorded in 1665–75; sacchar- + -ine 1
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Example Sentences

Their debut, “Thee Sacred Souls,” dealt heavily in romantic love, occasionally veering into the saccharine, while “Got a Story to Tell” is often reflective and philosophical.

"There’s little of the saccharine baggage of the average musical, no romance, no learning life lessons, no big introspective moments."

From BBC

There I met a pair of busty identical twins who were hawking the most saccharine perfume I’d ever smelled.

A bow, however saccharine, is symbolic and powerful.

It’s only when Clement brings his flair that this film has anything worth paying attention to, because he’s the dash of acid that offsets this otherwise totally saccharine and sappy story about embracing imagination.

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