Meaning

5 senses
  1. (dated)Of or relating to sugar; sugary.

  2. (dated)Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar.

  3. (derogatory, figuratively)Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.

    süßlich

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  4. Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.

    при́торныйprítornyj

  5. (not comparable)Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).

More definitions
  • overly sweet

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The little girls were afforded a stretch limousine for their insipid, saccharine songs.

    deDen kleinen Mädchen wurde eine Stretch-Limousine für ihre faden, zuckersüßen Lieder zur Verfügung gestellt.

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  2. It's too saccharine.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
excessively sweet, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness:
Deutsch
excessively sweet, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness:

Origin

From saccharin + -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

From saccharin + -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

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Forms

more saccharine, most saccharine
Comparativemore saccharine Lesson
Superlativemost saccharine Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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