saccharine

  • 21saccharine — adjective saccharine love songs Syn: sentimental, sickly, mawkish, cloying, sugary, sickening, nauseating; informal mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, weepy, gooey, drippy, cheesy, corny, soppy, cornball …

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  • 22saccharine — /ˈsækərən / (say sakuhruhn), / krən/ (say kruhn) adjective 1. of a sugary sweetness: a saccharine smile. 2. relating to, of the nature of, or containing sugar. –noun 3. → saccharin. {sacchar + ine1} –saccharinity /sækəˈrɪnəti/ ( …

  • 23saccharine —   a. very sweet; cloying; pertaining to sugar.    ♦ saccharic, a. pertaining to saccharine substances.    ♦ sacchariferous, a. containing sugar.    ♦ saccharify,    ♦ saccharize, v.t. transform into, or impregnate with, sugar.    ♦ saccharimeter …

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  • 24Saccharine Trust — is a band from California that was started in 1980 by singer Jack Brewer and guitarist Joe Baiza. The band would frequently perform with SST labelmates Minutemen and Black Flag. Drummer Rob Holzman appeared on their 1981 debut Paganicons but left …

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  • 25SACCHARINE — n. f. T. de Pharmacie Sous produit de la houille, d’une saveur sucrée intense et qui est en certaines occasions employée à la place du sucre végétal …

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  • 26saccharine — adjective /ˈsækəɹɪn/ a) Of or relating to saccharin or sugar. b) Excessively sweet in action or disposition; syrupy. Syn: precious, syrupy, twee …

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  • 27saccharine — Synonyms and related words: candied, cloying, deferential, disarming, honeyed, insinuating, insinuative, luscious, mawkish, oversweet, rich, sickly sweet, silken, silky, sugared, sugary, sweet, syrupy …

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  • 28saccharine — sac|cha|rine [ sækərın ] adjective very romantic or emotional, in a way that seems false and annoying …

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  • 29saccharine — sac·cha·rine || sækÉ™rɪn n. calorie free sugar substitute for sufferers of diabetes and for those who are dieting adj. sweet tasting; pertaining to sugar; yielding sugar; resembling sugar, similar to sugar; overly sentimental …

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  • 30saccharine — [ sakərɪn, i:n] noun another term for saccharin. adjective 1》 excessively sweet or sentimental. 2》 dated relating to or containing sugar. Origin C17: from mod. L. saccharum + ine1 …

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