to sugarcoat
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5.0
- verb
- /ˈʃʊɡərˌkoʊt/
- Informal
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- She chose not to sugarcoat her feedback, believing that honesty would help him improve.
Like, I'm not going to sugarcoat it for you.
- Like, I'm not going to sugarcoat it for you.
- Like I said, you know, I'm not going to sugarcoat anything.
- But I'll tell you, I can't sugarcoat that retail data, that retail data is bad.
- But it is not worth attempting to sugarcoat your past if you are going to learn from it.
- I will not sugarcoat what I'm going to say to you because all of you know what I'm saying is the truth.
- Not let the trauma bonded justifications sugarcoat the whole experience and keep pulling you back in.
- Like I'm sorry, the next thing I hate is people that sugarcoat their fucking life story.
Examples
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Some people like to sugarcoat things, but I like to say it like it is.
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And, man, he did not sugarcoat the situation.
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We should not sugarcoat everything because we really learn best from pain.
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Listen, we're not gonna sugarcoat it, okay?
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I want you to be honest at the site and not sugarcoat your feelings.
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Any time a president attempts to sugarcoat a military action, we all lose faith in his abilities to lead.
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I will not sugarcoat what I'm going to say to you because all of you know what I'm saying is the truth.
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There is no way to sugarcoat it; our secondary has a ton of room for improvement.
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It is no one's job to water down or sugarcoat the rise of hate crimes.
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I don't want to sugarcoat this and I don't want to make any false promises.
Synonyms
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6.7
Make something seem more attractive and ideal than it really is
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6.0
To hide bad facts to make something seem better
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7.6
To make a problem or bad news seem less important
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5.9
To say something that is not exactly what happened to make it look better
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7.2
To make something unpleasant sound better to avoid hurting feelings
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6.6
To make something look better by hiding its problems
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6.2
Make an unpleasant thing seem easier to accept by adding something pleasant
Change facts on purpose to make something seem better
To make something look better than it is to trick people
Antonyms
How Gentle
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3.7
4
6.8
- Informal
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5.0
50
3.1
59
5.3
814
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sugarcoat comes from the picture of covering something with sugar and a coat to make it 'sweet'. So when you sugarcoat news or a message, you make it sound nicer and hide the hard or bad parts.