Saccharine

 









saccharine



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–adjective 

1. of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste. 

2. containing or yielding sugar.

3. very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert. 

4. cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality. 

5. exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love.  





 　

Characterized by naturalistic banter and an honest kid's-eye view, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys is [sweet] but not [saccharine]. The deliberate absence of flash accounts for a sometimes sluggish pace, but it's a strategic decision that lends credibility [to] the increasingly fantastic plot. Ultimately, Altar Boys' workaday world merges [with] the parallel universe of animated hyperbole—or rather, the chaos of Francis's experience is given a comic book's heroic, comforting form. 





delectable (delightful & delicious)

deleterious

unsavory (tasteless)

molasses

icky (distasteful, excessively sweet)

tidbit (a delicate morsel of food)



luscious

Darcy [circles] the [outskirts] of her consciousness, 

still looking [luscious] 

but acting emotionally constipated.

pecuniary

culinary

[Kitchen] Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

kibble

who watches "Dark Shadows" and eats [kibble]



porridge 麥片粥

junket

tapioca pudding 木薯澱粉

Dingy