Definition of saccharine
1a : of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar saccharine tasteb : yielding or containing sugar saccharine vegetables
2 : overly or sickishly sweet saccharine flavor
3 : ingratiatingly or affectedly agreeable or friendly
4 : overly sentimental : mawkish a saccharine love story
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Examples of saccharine in a Sentence
the movie was funny, but it had a saccharine ending in which everyone lives happily ever after
Recent Examples of saccharine from the Web
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The cinnamon sugar crunch crepe ($7) was a saccharine concoction with cinnamon sugar and Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal tucked inside.
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The soundtrack to the film Days of Wine and Roses, featuring the saccharine title song by Andy Williams.
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Without Lennon, McCartney’s concept would’ve sounded bloated and saccharine.
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And then Three Rings, the developers behind the intensely saccharine Puzzle Pirates, goes ahead and throws hordes of undead in the mix with Corpse Craft.
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Origin and Etymology of saccharine
Latin saccharum
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playDefinition of saccharine for English Language Learners
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: too sweet or sentimental : sweet or sentimental in a way that does not seem sincere or genuine
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