sugarcoating

[ shoog-er-koh-ting ]
noun

  1. the act or process of covering something with sugar.

  2. a coating or layer of sugar or a sugary substance.

  1. a thing used to make something else considered unpleasant or disagreeable seem attractive or palatable.

Origin of sugarcoating

1
First recorded in 1905–10; sugar + coat + -ing1

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