sugarcoat

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sug·ar·coat

(sho͝og′ər-kōt′)

tr.v. sug·ar·coat·ed, sug·ar·coat·ing, sug·ar·coats

1. To cause to seem more appealing or pleasant: a sentimental treatment that sugarcoats a harsh reality.

2. To coat with sugar: sugarcoat a pill.

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sug•ar•coat

(ˈʃʊg ərˌkoʊt)

v.t.

1. to cover with sugar.

2. to make (something difficult or distasteful) appear more pleasant or acceptable.

[1865–70]

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Verb	1.	sugarcoat - coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze candy, glaze dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten - make sweeter in taste
	2.	sugarcoat - cause to appear more pleasant or appealing; "The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts" spin - twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"

sugarcoat

verb

1. To make superficially more acceptable or appealing:

candy, gild, honey, sugar, sweeten.

2. To give a deceptively attractive appearance to:

color, gild, gloss (over), gloze (over), varnish, veneer, whitewash.

Idioms: paper over, put a good face on.

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