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candy-coat

candy-coat verb: to sugarcoat.

Verb

candy-coat (third-person singular simple present candy-coats, present participle candy-coating, simple past and past participle candy-coated)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To sugarcoat.

Forms of candy-coat

third-person singular presentcandy-coats
present participlecandy-coating
past participlecandy-coated
pastcandy-coated

Questions about candy-coat

What does candy-coat mean?
Candy-coat means to sugarcoat.
What part of speech is candy-coat?
Candy-coat is a verb.
What is the past tense of candy-coat?
The past tense of candy-coat is candy-coated.

Words near candy-coat in the dictionary

  1. candy-arse
  2. candy-arsed
  3. candy-ass
  4. candy-assed
  5. candy-asses
  6. candy-coat
  7. candy-coated
  8. candy-coating
  9. candy-coats
  10. candy-coloured
  11. candy-gram

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