saccharine

saccharine
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. sweet, sickening, cloying, sugary, fulsome. See sweetness.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. sugary, honeyed, candied; see sweet 1 , 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[SAK uh rin]
excessively or sickeningly sweet.
The happy ending was too saccharine for me.
SYN.: sweet, excessively sweet, sickeningly sweet, sugary, syrupy, honeyed, nauseating, cloying, maudlin, *mushy.
ANT.: bitter, sour, acid
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Having or suggesting the taste of sugar: sugary, sweet. See TASTE. 2. Purposefully contrived to gain favor: ingratiating, ingratiatory, insinuating, sugary. See PAIN.

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