Saccharine

Definition of saccharine:

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to, containing, or like, sugar.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to or having the qualities of sugar.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to, like, or producing, sugar; sweet.

Usage examples for saccharine:

• Yes, he's a nice baby horse, this last remark quite saccharine "I Married a Ranger", Dama Margaret Smith.

• A storm of applause came to her ears, a hurricane steeped in saccharine "H. R.", Edwin Lefevre.

• Here is the same kind of saccharine melody that makes mawkish the trio in the " Marche Funebre." "Chopin: The Man and His Music", James Huneker.

• But that night it might have dragged its saccharine length of melody to the coronation of the Rose and a quick curtain if Miss Madigan had not walked right into the thick of it. "The Madigans", Miriam Michelson.