saccharine
of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
containing or yielding sugar.
very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert.
cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality.
exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love.
Origin of saccharine
1Other 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
Words that may be confused with saccharine
- saccharin, saccharine
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British Dictionary definitions for saccharine
/ (ˈsækəˌraɪn, -ˌriːn) /
excessively sweet; sugary: a saccharine smile
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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