Synonyms for sugarcoat
ˈʃʊg ərˌkoʊtsug·ar·coat

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1. sugarcoatverb

   Synonyms:
   whitewash, gild

2. sugarcoatverb

   To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to.

   Synonyms:
   gild, whitewash

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1. sugarcoat, glaze, candyverb

   coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

   Synonyms:
   glass over, glaze over, glaze, candy, glass

2. sugarcoatverb

   cause to appear more pleasant or appealing

   "The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts"

   Synonyms:
   glaze, candy

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1. Joe Biden:

   I'm not gon na sugarcoat it. We took a gut punch in Iowa.

2. Cary Fukunaga:

   Maybe it's too much for some people, but I think it's necessary to not sugarcoat the brutality, to not sugarcoat the actions of these children, even then, I think I could have been more severe sometimes.

3. Jane Harman:

   Our bottom line is we are unflinching about this man, we don't sugarcoat or whitewash anything. We consider ourselves not just nonpartisan, but straight-up.

4. Paul Dergarabedian:

   Theres no way to sugarcoat this, this was a pretty awful weekend for the overall marketplace.

5. Paul Ryan:

   I will not sugarcoat this, this is a disappointing day for us. Doing big things is hard. All of us. All of us, myself included, we will need time to reflect on how we got to this moment, what we could have done to do it better, we were a 10-year opposition party, where being against things was easy to do. You just had to be against it.