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What is the adjective for saccharine?

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saccharine
  1. Of or relating to sugar.
  2. (pejorative) Excessively sweet in action or disposition; syrupy.
  3. Sentimental or romantic to the point of ridiculousness.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Stray too far in one direction and you devolve into saccharine sentimentality, go the other direction and you risk crass exploitation.”
      “Didn't they care that the emotional tone of his work swings between the saccharine and the gelid?”
      “Many people thought that the overly saccharine speech that Teri gave last episode was a stone-cold presage to her death.”
saccharous
  1. (archaic) saccharine; relating to saccharin or sugar
sacchariferous
  1. producing or containing sugar
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The proportion of mineral matter is considerably greater in the cellular tissue than in the sacchariferous.”
      “Judging from the delay in growth of the sacchariferous strain in the north, it may be assumed that it is a heat-loving strain. ”
      “The pop-up installation is built around a mirrored funhouse “infinity room” featuring Hove's signature sacchariferous decoration.”
saccharic
  1. Of, relating to, or derived from saccharine substances
  2. Examples:
    1. “Moderately strong nitric acid changes it into mucic, saccharic, tartaric and oxalic acids.”
      “When boiled with nitric acid, it is oxidized to mucic, saccharic, and oxalic acids.”
      “Prepare a bath with one and one-half per cent., of the weight of feathers, saccharic acid, one-quarter per cent.”
saccharinic
  1. (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin.
saccharine
  1. Of or relating to saccharin.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Stray too far in one direction and you devolve into saccharine sentimentality, go the other direction and you risk crass exploitation.”
      “Didn't they care that the emotional tone of his work swings between the saccharine and the gelid?”
      “Many people thought that the overly saccharine speech that Teri gave last episode was a stone-cold presage to her death.”
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