sugarcoat
to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
to make (something difficult or distasteful) appear more pleasant or acceptable: There was no way to sugarcoat the bad news.
Origin of sugarcoat
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How to use sugarcoat in a sentence
Well, there's no way to sugar-coat 80,000 jobs, so I won't even try.
Jobs Numbers: Conservatives, This Thread's For You | Michael Tomasky | July 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI think they had a lot of trust for me because I never tried to sugar-coat it.
Learning had put on, as it were, a sugar coat for pleasant swallowing.
Hints to Pilgrims | Charles Stephen BrooksLester realized that this was an asinine attempt to sugar-coat the true story and it made him angry.
Jennie Gerhardt | Theodore Dreiser(b) The Story with a Moral attempts to sugar-coat its sermon with a little narrative.
Short Story Writing | Charles Raymond Barrett
"It isn't necessary to sugar coat the pill, parson," smiled Frank.
Frank Merriwell's Son | Burt L. StandishYou understand very well, too, how to sugar-coat the most bitter pills.
Letters to an Unknown | Prosper Mrime
British Dictionary definitions for sugar-coat
to coat or cover with sugar
to cause to appear more attractive; make agreeable
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