sugarcoat
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sugarcoat
- /ˈʃʊɡɚˌkoʊt/ US
- /ˈʃʊɡəˌkəʊt/ UK
Where it comes from
From sugar + coat; figurative sense from the practice of coating medicinal tablets or pills with sugar in order to disguise their unpleasant taste (sugarcoating the pill).
verb sugarcoats · sugarcoating · sugarcoated · sugar coat · sugar-coat
- To coat with sugar.
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To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to.
There's no way to sugarcoat the loss of the space shuttle; it was an unmitigated disaster.
Similar: candy-coat, gild, gild the pill, sugarcoat the pill
Translations
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verb to coat with sugar
| Español | azucarar, emborrizar con mishqui |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | anzuckern, verzuckern |
| Русский | заса́харить zasáxaritʹ, запу́дрить zapúdritʹ, глазирова́ть glazirovátʹ |
| العربية | غَطَّى بِالسُّكَّرِ ḡaṭṭā bias-sukkari |
verb to give a falsely pleasant appearance
| Español | maquillar, azucarar, edulcorar, endulzar, dulcificar, adulciguar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | オブラートに包む oburāto ni tsutsumu |
| Deutsch | beschönigen, schönreden |
| Русский | смягча́ть smjaxčátʹ, сгла́живать sgláživatʹ, скра́шивать skrášivatʹ, приукра́шивать priukrášivatʹ, затушёвывать zatušóvyvatʹ, загла́живать zagláživatʹ |
| العربية | حَسَّنَ ḥassana, خَفَّفَ ḵaffafa, لَطَّفَ laṭṭafa, جَمَّل jammal |
Talk about this word "sugarcoat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sugarcoat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sugarcoat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sugarcoat "sugarcoat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sugarcoat.Cite this
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title = {sugarcoat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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