saccharine
excessively sweet or sentimental in a cloying way
Word origin: From Latin saccharum, sugar.
Saccharine in a sentence
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The film's saccharine ending undercut its otherwise honest tone.
The film's saccharine ending undercut the harsh realism of everything that had come before it.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “saccharine” well
Saccharine describes something excessively sweet or sentimental to the point of being cloying. Applied to art or emotion, it is decidedly negative, implying mawkish overdoing.
More GRE words starting with S
to deliberately damage or obstruct something, especially in secret
an intensely sweet, calorie-free artificial sweetener
regarded as too important or sacred to be altered or criticized
having keen practical judgment and discernment
soundness of judgment and acuteness of discernment
most noticeable or important; standing out prominently
of a sickly yellowish or pale complexion
favorable to health or well-being
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