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sac•cha•rine



Pronunciation: (sak'ur-in, -u-rēn", -u-rīn"), [key]
—adj.
1. of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
2. containing or yielding sugar.
3. very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert.
4. cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality.
5. exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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