saccharine

The definition of saccharine is something overly sweet or overly sentimental.

(adjective)

A really sappy and over-the-top Valentine's Day movie is an example of something that might be described as saccharine.

Saccharine, an alternative spelling for saccharin, is a white crystal that is used as a sugar substitute.

(noun)

An example of saccharine is the sugar substitute commonly found on restaurant tables in pink packets.

See saccharine in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: sacchar- + -ine

noun

saccharin

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See saccharine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of sugar or saccharin; sweet.
Having a cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character: a saccharine smile.
Excessively sentimental: “It was enough for him to rely on sentiment . . . and saccharine assertions about The Home” (Kate Millett).

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