sugarcoat

tr.v., -coat·ed, -coat·ing, -coats.

1. To cause to seem more appealing or pleasant: a sentimental treatment that sugercoats a harsh reality.
2. To coat with sugar: sugarcoat a pill.

verb

1. To make superficially more acceptable or appealing: candy, gild, honey, sugar, sweeten. See like/dislike.
2. To give a deceptively attractive appearance to: color, gild, gloss (over), gloze (over), varnish, veneer, whitewash. Idioms: paper over, put a good face on. See true/false.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
  Synonyms: glaze, candy

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sukkerovertrække, indsukre, camouflere, dække over, dragere

Nederlands (Dutch)
verzoeten, van een suikerlaagje voorzien, mooier voordoen, suikerlaagje

Français (French)
v. tr. - enrober de sucre

Deutsch (German)
v. - mit Zucker überziehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γκλασάρω

Italiano (Italian)
ricoprire di zucchero

Português (Portuguese)
v. - adocicar, abrandar

Русский (Russian)
покрывать сахаром, облегчать, приукрашивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - confitar, garapiñar, dorar la píldora, endulzar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - överdra med socker, dragera, sockra, göra mer lättsmält

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
加上糖衣, 使有吸引力

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 加上糖衣, 使有吸引力

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 당의를 입히다, 먹기 좋게 하다, 보기 좋게 꾸미다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 糖衣をかける, 口当たりをよくする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلبس بالسكر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ציפה בסוכר, המתיק, ייפה, הסווה‬

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