saccharine

[ sak-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn ]
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adjective
  1. of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.

  2. containing or yielding sugar.

  1. very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert.

  2. cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality.

  3. exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love.

Origin of saccharine

1
First recorded in 1665–75; sacchar- + -ine1

Other words from saccharine

  • sac·cha·rine·ly, adverb
  • sac·cha·rin·i·ty [sak-uh-rin-i-tee], /ˌsæk əˈrɪn ɪ ti/, noun
  • non·sac·cha·rine, adjective, noun
  • non·sac·cha·rin·i·ty, noun
  • un·sac·cha·rine, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for saccharine

saccharine

/ (ˈsækəˌraɪn, -ˌriːn) /


adjective
  1. excessively sweet; sugary: a saccharine smile

  2. of, relating to, of the nature of, or containing sugar or saccharin

Derived forms of saccharine

  • saccharinely, adverb
  • saccharinity (ˌsækəˈrɪnɪtɪ), noun

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