Associations to the word «Sugarcoat»

Wiktionary

SUGARCOAT, verb. (transitive) To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to.

Dictionary definition

SUGARCOAT, verb. Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze.
SUGARCOAT, verb. Cause to appear more pleasant or appealing; "The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne