Definition of saccharine:

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to, containing, or like, sugar.

Common misspellings * :

• saccarine (100.0%)

Usage examples :

• Great quantities of sugar are used in making powder and explosives, too, and when the supply became limited the German chemists began producing in larger quantities the chemical substitute- saccharine "Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights", - Kelly Miller

• 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

• In analyzing the sugar produced on the island, and comparing it with that of the main land, the growth of Louisiana, chemists could find no difference as to the quality of the true saccharine principle contained in each. "Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom", - Trumbull White