Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
Some sugar-coated cereals are 50% sugar.
...sugar-coated popcorn.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something such as a story as sugar-coated, you disapprove of it because it appears to be pleasant or attractive but in fact describes something very unpleasant.
[disapproval]
...a sugar-coated view of a boy's introduction to sex.
sugar-coated in British English
(ˌʃʊɡəˈkəʊtɪd)
adjective
1.
(of food) covered with a sweet substance made of sugar
Some sugar-coated cereals are 50% sugar.
sugar-coated popcorn
2.
(of a story, information, etc) written or told in a way that makes it seem more palatable
sugar-coated in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(ʃʊgər koʊtɪd)
adjective
(Pharmaceutical: Processes)
A sugar-coated tablet is coated with sugar to disguise the taste.
COLLOCATIONS: ~ tablet
A sugar-coated tablet may taste sweeter than a film-coated tablet.
The hard coating on a sugar-coated tablet is similar to the sweet coatings on some candies.
A sugar-coated tablet is coated with sugar to disguise the taste.
Examples of 'sugar-coated' in a sentence
sugar-coated
I'd never seen a hint of this sugar-coated threatening aspect.
Anita Anderson SOMEBODY (2002)
She kept going on about escapism and sugar-coated dreams and male dominance and goodness knows what.