Past tense of sugarcoat
regular verb
The past tense of sugarcoat is sugarcoated. The past participle is also sugarcoated.
Forms of sugarcoat
| Base form (V1) | sugarcoat /ˈʃʊɡɚˌkoʊt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sugarcoated |
| Past participle (V3) | sugarcoated |
| Present participle | sugarcoating |
| Third person singular | sugarcoats |
Meaning of sugarcoat
- verb To coat with sugar.
- verb To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to.
Questions about the past tense of sugarcoat
- What is the past tense of sugarcoat?
- The past tense of sugarcoat is sugarcoated.
- What is the past participle of sugarcoat?
- The past participle of sugarcoat is sugarcoated.
- Is sugarcoat a regular or irregular verb?
- Sugarcoat is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sugarcoat (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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