sugarcoat

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verb

1. coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
• Syn:
glaze, candy
• Derivationally related forms:
glaze (for: glaze)
• Hypernyms:
sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. cause to appear more pleasant or appealing
- The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts
• Hypernyms:
spin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something