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sugar coat

sugar coat is the alternative spelling of sugarcoat.

Meaning of sugarcoat

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To coat with sugar.
  2. (figuratively, 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.

Forms of sugar coat

third-person singular presentsugar coats
present participlesugar coating
past participlesugar coated
pastsugar coated

Questions about sugar coat

What is sugar coat the alternative spelling of?
Sugar coat is the alternative spelling of sugarcoat.

Words near sugar coat in the dictionary

  1. sugar cane stalk
  2. sugar cane stalks
  3. sugar cane stick
  4. sugar cane sticks
  5. sugar canes
  6. sugar coat
  7. sugar coated
  8. sugar coating
  9. sugar coats
  10. sugar cone
  11. sugar cones

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