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sugarcoat
[shoog-er-koht]
verb (used with object)
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.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sugarcoat1
Example Sentences
“It will certainly be a big winner on Disney+. But there’s no sugarcoating the fact that this was an incredibly low opening weekend for a Pixar movie.”
“I’m not going to call it an untruth. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. I’m going to call it for what it is, which is a lie.”
I asked DeSantis’ office if he wasn’t sugarcoating the employment demand for young workers by referring to resorts rather than construction.
“I don’t like when it’s sugarcoated. I don’t like to be placated.”
Politicians who try to reassure voters and investors about a market downturn often sound as though they’re sugarcoating the downside of their own policies, but that doesn’t always mean they’re wrong.
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