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- [sak-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn]
- /ˈsæk ər ɪn, -əˌrin, -əˌraɪn/
- /ˈsæk.ər.iːn/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [sak-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn]
- /ˈsæk ər ɪn, -əˌrin, -əˌraɪn/
Definitions of saccharine word
- adjective saccharine of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste. 1
- adjective saccharine containing or yielding sugar. 1
- adjective saccharine very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert. 1
- adjective saccharine cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality. 1
- adjective saccharine exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love. 1
- adjective saccharine too sweet 1
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Origin of saccharine
First appearance:
before 1665 One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1665-75; sacchar- + -ine1
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Parts of speech for Saccharine
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
saccharine popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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saccharine usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for saccharine
adj saccharine
- adulatory — If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
- candied — Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.
- cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
- cutesy — If you describe someone or something as cutesy, you dislike them because you think they are unpleasantly pretty and sentimental.
- deferential — Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful towards someone else.
adjective saccharine
- icky — repulsive or distasteful.
- insinuatory — Insinuative.
- maudlin — tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog.
- mawkish — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
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