saccharine

Meaning

Adj

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.
4. Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.

Noun

1. (dated, uncountable) Something which is saccharine or sweet; sugar.
2. (figuratively, uncountable) Sentimentalism.

Noun

Alternative spelling of saccharin.

Opposite of

nonsaccharine

Synonyms

sugary

sickly-sweet

saccharin

sweet

treacly

cloying

syrupy

luscious

honeyed

rock-sugar

Translations

saccarina

sacarina

zuckersüß

saccharine

saccharin

Sacharin

tatlı

sacarina

Süßstoff

γλυκερός

süßlich

doucereux

dolçàs

σακχαρώδης

σακχάρινος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsækəɹaɪn/

Etymology

From New Latin saccharum (“sugar”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Saccharum is derived from saccharon (“syrupy liquid from bamboo or reeds”), from Ancient Greek σάκχαρον (sákkharon), from Pali sakkharā (“sugar; gravel; granule, grain; crystal; potsherd”), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar; cotton sugar, sugarmaple; gravel, grit, pebbles; potsherd”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“boulder; gravel”).