Definition of "saccharine"

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

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

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

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

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

(figurative) Sentimentalism.  quotations  examples

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

Alternative spelling of saccharin  examples