sugarcoating

[ shoog-er-koh-ting ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugarcoating¹

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

Example Sentences

Sugarcoating was something Vanzant never had the opportunity to experience.

From The Daily Beast

We have too long persisted in the "sugarcoating" conception of interest.

From Project Gutenberg