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sugar-coating

[/ˈʃʊɡər.koʊtɪŋ/]
noun/verb (gerund)pl: sugar-coatings
açucaramento; encobrimento
1. The act of covering or coating something with sugar
The sugar-coating of the candy made it appealing to children.
O açucaramento do doce o tornava atraente para as crianças.
2. The act of presenting something unpleasant in a more attractive or palatable way; making something seem better than it actually is
There's no sugar-coating the fact that the company lost millions this quarter.
Não há como contornar o fato de que a empresa perdeu milhões este trimestre.
NYC Slang
sugarcoating it
Synonyms
coatingglossing overembellishmentwhitewashingsoftening
Antonyms
straightforwardnesshonestyplainnesscandor

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
açucaramento; encobrimento; maquiagem (figurative)
Most common in Brazilian Portuguese for the figurative meaning
São Paulo
açucaramento; disfarce
Disfarce is often used for the deceptive sense
Portugal
revestimento de açúcar; embelezamento
Portuguese tends to use more formal terms

Related Idioms & Phrases

sugar-coat the pill
no sugar-coating
without sugar-coating
bitter pill to swallow
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