saccharine movie
- noun
- /ˈsækəˌrin ˈmuvi/
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película empalagosa
- She rolled her eyes at the predictable ending of the saccharine movie, which was full of tear-jerking scenes.
Examples
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Not their fault if the masses want to lap up saccharine movies.
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But it does not stop this individual—on and on with the metaphors and how we're so similar and how we have to take care of ourselves and all of those ooey-gooey things you'd say in a therapy session in a saccharine movie.
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The audience left the theater feeling uplifted after watching the saccharine movie filled with heartwarming moments.
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Despite its unrealistic plot and saccharine movie clichés, many viewers enjoyed the emotional journey it provided.
Synonyms
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A sad film or book that makes people cry
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An overly emotional style in art like songs or films
Antonyms
How Sentimental
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'saccharine' (sentimentally sweet to an unpleasant degree) directly modifies 'movie' in a standard adjective+noun composition, so a learner who knows both words can infer it means an overly sentimental or emotionally manipulative film. This is a compositional, cross-linguistically common pattern and therefore readily understandable to B1 learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Saccharine movie comes from saccharine, a word that means like sugar, and movie, so picture a film soaked in sugar with feelings that taste too sweet and a bit fake. That's why a saccharine movie means a film that is 'too sweet' or 'emotionally manipulative'.