sugarcoat
to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
to make (something difficult or distasteful) appear more pleasant or acceptable: There was no way to sugarcoat the bad news.
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This enables a first hand account of the journey and there’s no slick production to sugarcoat it.
Watch Sasha DiGiulian Climb Three of Canada’s Toughest Walls | cobrien | November 8, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe Golden Globes can be fun to watch, but that doesn’t erase the fact that they’re — well, let’s not sugarcoat it.
You can’t sugarcoat the situation currently in the NHS in Britain.
'It's Unimaginably Bad.' How Government Failures and the New COVID-19 Variant Are Pushing the U.K.'s Health System Into Crisis | Suyin Haynes | January 13, 2021 | TimeThere’s no way to sugarcoat 2020, but it is worth remembering the bright spots that offset all the darkness.
Spain may have more worries if its political leaders continue to sugarcoat the issue.
Mariano Rajoy Sugarcoats European Union’s $125 Billion Spain Bailout | Mike Elkin | June 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is a pill that the Tolstois, the "communities" and the "Knights" of Labor can not sugarcoat.
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays | Ambrose Bierce
British Dictionary definitions for sugar-coat
to coat or cover with sugar
to cause to appear more attractive; make agreeable
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