Verb: sugarcoat 'shû-gu(r),kowt or ,shû-gu(r)'kowt
- Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
"The baker sugarcoated the donuts";
- glaze, candy
- Cause to appear more pleasant or appealing
"The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts";
- sugar
Derived forms: sugarcoated, sugarcoating, sugarcoats
Type of: dulcify, dulcorate [archaic], edulcorate [archaic], spin, sweeten
Encyclopedia: Sugarcoat