Definition of Sugarcoat

to make something bad sound more appealing than it really is

Examples of Sugarcoat in a sentence

My mom tried to sugarcoat her upcoming surgery by describing it as “a simple procedure.”  🔊

The teenager decided to sugarcoat the damage he did to the family car by explaining it was just “a small dent."  🔊

The ‘D’ Rachel received in math class seemed bad until she was able to sugarcoat the explanation of it by saying that everyone else got an F.  🔊

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