SUGARCOATING Definition & Meaning

sugarcoating

[ shoog-er-koh-ting ]

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noun

the act or process of covering something with sugar.
a coating coating or layer of sugar or a sugary substance.
a thing used to make something else considered unpleasant or disagreeable seem attractive or palatable.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sugarcoating¹

First recorded in 1905–10; sugar + coat + -ing ¹

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Politicians who try to reassure voters and investors about a market downturn often sound as though they’re sugarcoating the downside of their own policies, but that doesn’t always mean they’re wrong.

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There’s no sugarcoating that this naturalistic drama features a graphic sequence of harrowing violence that may prove too difficult for some audiences to stomach.

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For Haney, who studied urban development at UC Berkeley before getting a law degree, there is no “sugarcoating” this reality, nor its urgency.

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“They want to take books away, they want to be in your exam room. That’s what it comes down to, and don’t get sugarcoating this: These are weird ideas.”

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“They want to take books away, they want to be in your exam room. That’s what it comes down to, and don’t get sugarcoating this: these are weird ideas.”

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