SUGARCOAT

sugarcoat

(verb) cause to appear more pleasant or appealing; “The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts”

sugarcoat, glaze, candy

(verb) coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

sugarcoat (third-person singular simple present sugarcoats, present participle sugarcoating, simple past and past participle sugarcoated)

(transitive) 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.

Synonyms

• gild

• gild the pill

• whitewash

Source: Wiktionary



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14 December 2024

SINCERE

(adjective) open and genuine; not deceitful; “he was a good man, decent and sincere”; “felt sincere regret that they were leaving”; “sincere friendship”


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