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The synonyms of “Saccharine” are: cloying, syrupy, treacly, sentimental, mawkish, sickly, sugary, sickening, nauseating, maudlin, lachrymose, banal, trite
Saccharine as an Adjective
Definitions of "Saccharine" as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “saccharine” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- Overly sweet.
- Relating to or containing sugar; sugary.
- Excessively sweet or sentimental.
Synonyms of "Saccharine" as an adjective (13 Words)
| banal | Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. Songs with banal repeated words. |
| cloying | Overly sweet. A romantic rather cloying story. |
| lachrymose | Showing sorrow. A lachrymose children s classic. |
| maudlin | Effusively or insincerely emotional. A maudlin jukebox tune. |
| mawkish | Effusively or insincerely emotional. The mawkish smell of warm beer. |
| nauseating | Causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting. A nauseating smell. |
| sentimental | Given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality. She felt a sentimental attachment to the place creep over her. |
| sickening | Causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust. A sickening stench. |
| sickly | (of a place or climate) causing or characterized by unhealthiness. His usual sickly pallor. |
| sugary | Excessively sentimental. A sugary texture. |
| syrupy | Overly sweet. Syrupy puddings. |
| treacly | Excessively sentimental. A treacly black fuel. |
| trite | (of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse. His remarks were trite and commonplace. |
Usage Examples of "Saccharine" as an adjective
- Saccharine music.
Associations of "Saccharine" (30 Words)
| ambrosia | A fungal product used as food by ambrosia beetles. The tea was ambrosia after the slop I d been suffering. |
| ambrosial | Worthy of the gods. Ambrosial food. |
| berry | A small fruit having any of various structures e g simple grape or blueberry or aggregate blackberry or raspberry. We went berrying in the summer. |
| chocolate | Hot chocolate. A chocolate biscuit. |
| cloying | Excessively sweet, rich, or sentimental, especially to a disgusting or sickening degree. A romantic rather cloying story. |
| confection | Make into a confection. A fruit confection. |
| confectionery | Sweets and chocolates considered collectively. Items of confectionery. |
| delicious | Greatly pleasing or entertaining. Delicious home baked brown bread. |
| dessert | A dish served as the last course of a meal. A dessert of chocolate mousse. |
| dulcet | Pleasing to the ear. The dulcet tones of the cello. |
| flavor | Lend flavor to. |
| fragrant | Having a pleasant or sweet smell. She gathered the fragrant blooms. |
| honeyed | (of food) containing or coated with honey. He wooed her with honeyed words. |
| lovable | Inspiring or deserving love or affection. A naughty but lovable child. |
| mellifluous | (of a sound) pleasingly smooth and musical to hear. Her low mellifluous voice. |
| nectar | A delicious drink. The cold pint at the pub was nectar. |
| nectary | A nectar-secreting glandular organ in a flower (floral) or on a leaf or stem (extrafloral). |
| odoriferous | Having or giving off a smell, especially an unpleasant one. An odoriferous pile of fish. |
| odorous | Having or giving off an odour. Odorous garbage. |
| pudding | The dessert course of a meal (`pud’ is used informally. A steak and kidney pudding. |
| saccharin | A sweet-tasting synthetic compound used in food and drink as a substitute for sugar. |
| scent | Impart a pleasant scent to. I got word that other reporters had picked up the scent. |
| seraphic | Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub. A seraphic smile. |
| smarmy | Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech. A smarmy unctuous reply. |
| sugar | A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants especially sugar cane and sugar beet consisting essentially of sucrose and used as a sweetener in food and drink. Sugar your tea. |
| sweet | In an affectionate or loving manner sweet is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of sweetly Shakespeare. Talking sweet to each other. |
| tasty | Involving or good at fighting. A tasty deal at the building society. |
| treacle | Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental. Enough of this treacle let s get back to business. |
| zesty | Marked by spirited enjoyment. |