sugar-coat

sug·ar-coat

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [shoo g-er koht]
- /ˈʃʊg ər koʊt/
- /ˈʃʊɡə(r) kəʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shoo g-er koht]
- /ˈʃʊg ər koʊt/

Definitions of sugar-coat word

verb with object sugar-coat to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill. 1
verb with object sugar-coat to make (something difficult or distasteful) appear more pleasant or acceptable: There was no way to sugarcoat the bad news. 1
verb sugar-coat to coat or cover with sugar 0
verb sugar-coat to cause to appear more attractive; make agreeable 0

See all 4 definitions of sugar-coat

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Origin of sugar-coat

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70; sugar + coat

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Parts of speech for Sugar-coat

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sugar-coat

sugar-coat popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for sugar-coat

verb sugar-coat

candied — Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.
candy-coat — sugarcoat (def 2).
candying — any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
honied — containing, consisting of, or resembling honey: honeyed drinks.
candy — Candy is sweet foods such as toffees or chocolate.

All 6 Synonyms of sugar-coat