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. Carli Lloyd:

   I'm not going to lie and sugarcoat it : It was absolutely the worst time of my life, it really was the rock bottom of my entire career.

2. 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.

3. Dina Mays:

   I'm not going to sugarcoat it. It's rough.

4. Solis Doyle:

   Look this was bad. I ca n’t sugarcoat it, she was wrong and clearly it’s not helpful to Democrats going into the midterms and certainly not going into 2020.

5. Aaron Rodgers:

   It’s really significant, it’s always been on my bucket list, this is a pretty big deal for me, I’m not going to sugarcoat it. It’s a great week by itself, spending time with Ben, but winning is the sweetest.