SUGARCOAT

Meaning of SUGARCOAT in English

[sug.ar.coat] vt [back-formation fr. sugarcoated] (1870) 1: to coat with sugar

2: to make superficially attractive or palatable "tried to ~ an unpleasant truth"

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

SUGARCOAT — transitive verb Etymology: back-formation from ~ed Date: 1858 to coat with sugar, to make superficially attractive or palatable
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SUGARCOAT — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: sugar (I) + coat (v.) transitive verb 1. : to coat (as a food or drug) with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUGARCOAT — /shoog"euhr koht'/ , v.t. 1. to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill. 2. to make (something difficult or distasteful) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SUGARCOAT — v. coat with sugar; make something seem more appealing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SUGARCOAT — transitive verb Etymology: back-formation from sugarcoated Date: 1858 1. : to coat with sugar 2. : to make superficially attractive …
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SUGARCOAT — v. Function: verb 1 to make (something difficult or unpleasant) superficially easy or attractive FF1C; sugarcoated the reproach with a …
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SUGARCOAT — verb 1. to make (something difficult or unpleasant) superficially easy or attractive sugarcoated the reproach with a smile Synonyms: candy, …
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SUGARCOAT — покрывать сахаром
Англо-Русский словарь
SUGARCOAT — v. Pronunciation: ' shu ̇ -g ə r- ˌ k ō t Function: transitive verb Etymology: back-formation from sugarcoated Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SUGAR — I. ˈshu̇gə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sucre, sugre, suger, from Middle French çucre, sucre, from Medieval Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUGARCOATING — noun Etymology: from gerund of sugarcoat 1. : the act or process of sugarcoating 2. : something that sugarcoats using …
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WHITEWASH — Synonyms and related words : absolve, acquit, allow for, allowance, amnesty, apply paint, becloud, bedaub, bedizen, befog, begild, belie, besmear, …
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WHITEN — Synonyms and related words : achromatize, besnow, blanch, bleach, bleach out, blench, blush, bowdlerize, chalk, change color, clean, clean out, …
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WHITE
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VENEER — Synonyms and related words : appearance, aspect, board, brick, clapboard, coat, coating, collop, cover, covering, cursoriness, cut, deal, disguise, disk, …
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VARNISH — Synonyms and related words : acting, adorn, affectation, air brush, alibi, allow for, allowance, apology, appearance, apply paint, art paper, …
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SWEETEN — Synonyms and related words : allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bleach, bowdlerize, brighten, candy, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear …
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SUGAR — Synonyms and related words : ambrosia, angel, artificial sweetener, babe, baby, baby-doll, blackstrap, blunt, boodle, brass, bread, bucks, buttercup, cabbage, …
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PRETTIFY — Synonyms and related words : adorn, array, beautify, become one, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, color, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, dizen, …
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PALLIATE — Synonyms and related words : abate, adjust to, allay, alleviate, allow for, alter, anesthetize, appease, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, …
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MULL — Synonyms and related words : addle, ball up, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blunt, botch, botchery, candy, chafe, chew over, con, consider, …
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HONEY — Synonyms and related words : Jell-O, ace, ambrosia, angel, artificial sweetener, babe, baby, baby-doll, beaut, beloved, blackstrap, blancmange, blarney, butter, …
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GLOSS OVER — Synonyms and related words : account, allow for, be caught napping, be neglectful, be negligent, becloud, befog, belie, blanket, blind, …
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GLAZE
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EXTENUATE — Synonyms and related words : abate, allay, alleviate, allow for, apologize, assuage, attemper, attenuate, bank the fire, bate, blunt, chasten, …
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EDULCORATE — Synonyms and related words : bolt, candy, clarify, clear, decrassify, depurate, distill, dulcify, elute, essentialize, extract, filter, filtrate, glaze, honey, …
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DULCIFY — Synonyms and related words : allay, appease, calm, calm down, candy, compose, conciliate, cool, cradle, defuse, ease, edulcorate, even out, …
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CANDY — Synonyms and related words : Jell-O, addictive drug, blancmange, cake, comfit, compote, concrete, condense, confection, confectionery, confiture, conserve, crystallize, dangerous …
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WHITEWASH — n. Function: verb Synonyms: PALLIATE , blanch (over), extenuate, gloss (over), gloze (over), sugarcoat, varnish, veneer, white, whiten
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