Definition of Saccharine

romantic or sentimental to the point of sounding silly

Examples of Saccharine in a sentence

My boss talks about her dog in such a saccharine way you would think she is talking about a human child.  🔊

Although the film appeared interesting, the script contained so much saccharine dialogue that the characters came off sounding ridiculous.  🔊

It is hard to tell from Jim's saccharine compliments if he is being serious or just plain silly.  🔊

Because many in the music industry believe the singer comes off as being too saccharine, they do not take her work seriously.  🔊

The foolish man at the bar thought he could pick me up with a saccharine line.  🔊

Since my husband never makes saccharine comments about love and sunsets, I knew he was drunk when he came home last night.  🔊

The actress turned down the saccharine role of the love-struck sister because she was tired of playing roles that made her appear foolish.  🔊

Sometimes when I look at Facebook, I am turned off by a number of saccharine posts that are filled with too many emoticons.  🔊

Last year, Mark’s overly saccharine candy commercial resulted in a decrease in candy sales.  🔊

When the clown sang a saccharine song to the woman in the audience, everyone laughed.  🔊

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