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SUGARCOAT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to appear more pleasant or appealing

Example:

The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "sugarcoat" is one way to...):

spin (twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

Synonyms:

candy; glaze; sugarcoat

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "sugarcoat" is one way to...):

dulcify; dulcorate; edulcorate; sweeten (make sweeter in taste)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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