sugarcoat

Word parts

sugar + coat

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈʃʊɡɚˌkoʊt/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈʃʊɡəˌkəʊt/
• Hyphenation: sug‧ar‧coat

Verb

Plain form sugarcoat

Third-person singular sugarcoats

Past tense sugarcoated

Past participle sugarcoated

Present participle sugarcoating

1. (transitive) If you sugarcoat something, you coat it with sugar.
2. (transitive) (figurative) If you sugarcoat a situation, you make it superficially more attractive.