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Examples of saccharine
saccharine
Still, it doesn't hurt to be a bit saccharine while the sun is shining, does it?
From the independent.co.uk
I'll leave you with a few antidotes to all that yee-haw saccharine and sentiment.
From the suntimes.com
The list of accomplices reads like a Who's Who of the banal and the saccharine.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Maroon 5 is the multiplatinum pop band known for its clean-cut saccharine-funk.
From the denverpost.com
The whole thing is understated and deceptively saccharine as it's also very crude.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
But the story itself will probably be a little too saccharine for most tastes.
From the independent.co.uk
We had fun on the trip, but Friend 3 was SACCHARINE sweet to my little sister.
From the washingtonpost.com
My husband's parents have become saccharine sweet, honey this and sweetheart that.
From the washingtonpost.com
There is even a wide-eyed tot with a kite for those who need their saccharine fix.
From the theater2.nytimes.com
- Cloying: overly sweet
- Saccharin is an artificial sweetener. The basic substance, benzoic sulfimide, has effectively no food energy and is much sweeter than sucrose, but has an unpleasant bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. ...
- Of or relating to saccharin or sugar; Excessively sweet in action or disposition; syrupy; Sentimental or romantic to the point of ridiculousness
- This means "sugar-like" and comes from the same root "sarkara" that gave us the common word "sugar". Also gave us "sucrose", the chemical name for cane sugar.
- This sugar substitute contains 1/8 calorie per teaspoon and is said to be about 400 times sweeter than sugar. Some feel that saccharine has a bitter aftertaste. There is also controversy as to whether or not it is a carcinogen.
- Sickly sweet, insincere
