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Saccharine
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Meaning
Adj
●
Of or
relating
to
sugar
;
sugar
y.
●
Containing a large or
excessive
amount of sugar.
⚠️
Excessively
sweet
in action
or
disposition
, especially if
romantic
or
sentimental
to the point
of
ridiculousness
;
sickly sweet
, syrupy.
●
In Botany & Geology:
Resembling
granulated sugar
; saccharoid.
●
Of or
relating
to
saccharin
(“a
white
,
crystalline
powder
, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an
artificial sweetener
in food products”).
Noun
●
Something which is
saccharine
or
sweet
; sugar.
●
Sentimentalism.
●
Alternative
spelling
of saccharin
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Wiktionary
Synonyms
Saccharous
Cloying
Sickly
Precious
Twee
Sickly Sweet
Antonyms
Nonsaccharine
Related
Cloying
Schmaltzy
Sappy
Mawkish
Treacly
Twee
Overwrought
Corny
Maudlin
Melodramatic
Insipid
Cliched
Trite
Bland
Cheery
Melodrama
Sentimental
Puerile
Formulaic
Pretentious
Hackneyed
Preachy
Sickly Sweet
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