sugarcoat

2 definitions • 4 examples

to make something seem more positive or pleasant than it really is:

We are not going to sugarcoat the facts for partisan gain.

It is not our job to sugar-coat the rise of hate crimes. The statistics are real.

to cover food or pills with a thin layer of sugar:

Various medicinal preparations in the form of pills have been sugarcoated to make them more palatable.

Sometimes pine kernels are sugar-coated, and the delicious result is called pinyonets.