Definition of "saccharine" in английский

adjective

1. (dated) Of or relating to sugar; sugary.

2. (dated) Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar.

3. (figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.

4. (chiefly botany, geology) Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.

noun

1. (dated) Something which is saccharine or sweet; sugar.

2. (figurative) Sentimentalism.

adjective

1. Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).

noun

1. Alternative spelling of saccharin.