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saccharine
UK /ˈsækəɹaɪn/ US /ˈsækəɹɪn/
adj 5noun 3
Collocations
2ADJ.
adolescent, insipid
SACCHARINE + NOUN
songs
Definitions
adj
1
Of or relating to sugar; sugary.
2
Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar.
3
Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.
4
Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.
noun
1
Something which is saccharine or sweet; sugar.
2
Sentimentalism.
If Captain Archie Blaine regarded these outpourings as so much adolescent saccharine he never revealed it by a single word, a smile or the flicker of an eye.
adj
1
Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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If Captain Archie Blaine regarded these outpourings as so much adolescent saccharine he never revealed it by a single word, a smile or the flicker of an eye.
Wiktionary02
The little girls were afforded a stretch limousine for their insipid, saccharine songs.
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It's too saccharine.
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