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[ sak-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn ] / ˈsæk ər ɪn, -əˌrin, -əˌraɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR saccharine ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof 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 saccharineFirst recorded in 1665–75; sacchar- + -ine1 OTHER WORDS FROM saccharinesac·cha·rine·ly, adverbsac·cha·rin·i·ty [sak-uh-rin-i-tee], /ˌsæk əˈrɪn ɪ ti/, nounnon·sac·cha·rine, adjective, nounnon·sac·cha·rin·i·ty, noun un·sac·cha·rine, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH saccharinesaccharin, saccharine Words nearby saccharinesacchariferous, saccharify, saccharimeter, saccharimetry, saccharin, saccharine, saccharize, saccharo-, saccharofarinaceous, saccharoid, saccharolactic acid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for saccharineThis final episode of Extras is the perfect Christmastime escape for those who prefer the bittersweet to the saccharine. The Top 10 Nontraditional Christmas TV Episodes|Jace Lacob|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST What's new, then, is the pairing of unhappy truths with sweet kisses and saccharine confessions. Young Adult Novel Adaptations Put Mainstream Blockbusters to Shame|Amy Zimmerman|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Bachelor had debuted a year earlier, and audiences were ripe for a show that punctured its saccharine fairy-tale storyline. You Really Don't Want to Watch Fox’s ‘I Wanna Marry “Harry”’|Jason Lynch|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Instead we get article after article of saccharine from people who really should know better. The Secret Pope Francis Haters|Barbie Latza Nadeau|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His father was executed in 1942 by a German gendarme after attempting to smuggle a packet of saccharine into the Ghetto. The Week in Death: Irving Milchberg, the Teenage Gunrunner of the Warsaw Ghetto|The Telegraph|March 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST The peculiar change by which saccharine matter is converted into lactic acid. Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley If the berries be over-ripe, then the saccharine prevails, and there is a deficiency of tartaric acid. Gatherings From Spain|Richard Ford At preserving time people are given extra sugar and saccharine on the grocery card. Germany in War Time|Mary Ethel McAuley The fermentation is effected with yeast, which, acting on the saccharine matter, disengages carbonic acid gas. Popular Technology, Vol. I (of 2)|Edward Hazen As is the case with the saccharine juices of other plants, the sugar from sorghum crystallizes best at medium temperature. Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888|Various
British Dictionary definitions for saccharine
adjectiveexcessively sweet; sugarya saccharine smile of, relating to, of the nature of, or containing sugar or saccharin Derived forms of saccharinesaccharinely, adverbsaccharinity (ˌsækəˈrɪnɪtɪ), nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to saccharinecloying, sentimental, syrupy, honeyed, ingratiating, sweet, candied Medical definitions for saccharine[ săk′ər-ĭn, -ə-rēn′, -ə-rīn′ ]
adj.Of, relating to, or characteristic of sugar or saccharin; sweet. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |