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sac·cha·rine

(săk′ər-ĭn, -ə-rēn′, -ə-rīn′)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of sugar or saccharin; sweet.

2. Having a cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character: a saccharine smile.

3. Excessively sentimental: "It was enough for him to rely on sentiment ... and saccharine assertions about The Home" (Kate Millett).

sac′cha·rine·ly adv.

sac′cha·rin′i·ty (-ə-rĭn′ĭ-tē) n.

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saccharine

(ˈsækəˌraɪn; -ˌriːn)

adj

1. excessively sweet; sugary: a saccharine smile.

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

ˈsaccharinely adv

saccharinity n

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sac•cha•rine

(ˈsæk ər ɪn, -əˌrin, -əˌraɪn)

adj.

1. of, resembling, or containing sugar.

2. very sweet to the taste; sugary.

3. cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating.

4. exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental.

[1665–75]

sac′cha•rine•ly, adv.

sac`cha•rin′i•ty, n.

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Adj.

saccharine - overly sweet

cloying, syrupy, treacly

sweet - having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

saccharine

adjective sickly, honeyed, sentimental, sugary, nauseating, soppy (Brit. informal), cloying, maudlin, syrupy (informal), mawkish, icky (informal), treacly, oversweet She smiled with saccharine sweetness.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

saccharine

adjective

1. Having or suggesting the taste of sugar:

sugary, sweet.

2. Purposefully contrived to gain favor:

ingratiating, ingratiatory, insinuating, sugary.

Translations

zuckersüß

saccarina

saccharine

[ˈsækəriːn]

adj (= sentimental) [film, novel] → à l'eau de rose

n = saccharin

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

saccharine

adj → Sa(c)charin-; (fig liter) → zuckersüß; saccharine sweetener → Sa(c)charinsüßstoff m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

saccharine

saccharin (Am) [ˈsækərɪn] n → saccarina

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sac·cha·rine

n. sacarina, sustancia sumamente dulce, agente dulcificante artificial;

a. sacarino-a, azucarado-a.

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When this important point shall be achieved, it will be in season to turn our attention to an improvement in the manufacture of the article, But thou knowest, Richard, that I have already subjected our sugar to the process of the refiner, and that the result has produced loaves as white as the snow on yon fields, and possessing the saccharine quality in its utmost purity.”

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'Do you mind letting go of my hand, please, Lord Wetherby?' said Claire, on whom these saccharine exchanges were beginning to have a cloying effect.

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One might find argument for optimism in the abundant flow of this saccharine element of pleasure in every suburb and extremity of the good world.

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(deep, as has been noticed, and swallowing up head, shoulders, and elbows) came forth again mellow-faced, and seeming to have undergone a saccharine transfiguration.

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It was in vain urged by the housewife that God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as he loves vegetation; that fermentation develops the saccharine element in the grain, and makes it more palatable and more digestible.

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1.73 Cheapest form of the saccharine Rye meal .................

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I am, of course, referring to the demise of Aqua, the Danish band, who could rival your average 'own brand' cola when it comes to saccharine pop.

Fiona Ryan column: Aqua give me the blues

The addition of concert keyboardist Julie Wolf fleshes out the guitars, and a hushed, pensive bridge adds sweetening without getting saccharine.

Up with Ani

The building is completely different from the bare-toothed and/or saccharine products of American high capitalism (or even its Swedish little brother).

Shopping spree

I don't want to read her book, since Katha Pollitt has already convinced me that it's saccharine, dumb, and hypocritical.

Hillary as diversion

The ads for these products extolled their cavity-fighting abilities -- and skipped over the fact that they were full of saccharine and artificial coloring.

Brushing up on business

Promoting agents that have been established in animals or in the lab, according to the researchers, include saccharine, dioxin and constituents of cigarette smoke.