saccharine
11saccharine — Relating to sugar; sweet. * * * sac·cha·rine sak (ə )rənalso ə .rēnor ə .rīn adj 1 a) of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar <saccharine taste> b) yielding or containing sugar <a saccharine fluid> 2) overly or sickeningly sweet… …
12saccharine — adjective Etymology: Latin saccharum Date: circa 1674 1. a. of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar < saccharine taste > b. yielding or containing sugar < saccharine vegetables > 2. overly or sickishly sweet < saccharine flavor > …
13saccharine — [[t]sæ̱kərɪn, riːn[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) You describe something as saccharine when you find it unpleasantly sweet and sentimental. ...a saccharine sweet, nostalgic sequel to the Peter Pan story... She smiled with saccharine… …
14saccharine — n. a sweetening agent. Saccharine is 400 times as sweet as sugar and has no energy content. It is very useful as a sweetener in diabetic and low calorie foods. Saccharine is destroyed by heat and is not therefore used in cooking …
15saccharine — saccharin, saccharine Saccharin is a noun denoting a sugar substitute, and saccharine is an adjective meaning (literally) ‘sugary’ or (figuratively) ‘unpleasantly over polite or sentimental’ …
16saccharine — Sulphinide Sul phi*nide, n. [Sulpho + amine + anhydride.] (Chem.) A white or yellowish crystalline substance, {C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH}, produced artificially by the oxidation of a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest substance known,… …
17saccharine — adj. Saccharine is used with these nouns: ↑sweetness …
18saccharine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sweet, sickening, cloying, sugary, fulsome. See sweetness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sugary, honeyed, candied; see sweet 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [SAK uh rin]… …
19saccharine — sac|cha|rine [ˈsækəri:n] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: saccharum; SACCHARIN] too romantic in a way that seems silly and insincere ▪ I hated the movie s saccharine ending …
20saccharine — adjective formal too romantic in a way that seems silly and insincere: a saccharine love story …
