sugar-coatedadjective
uk/ˌʃʊɡ.əˈkəʊ.tɪd/us/ˌʃʊɡ.ɚˈkoʊ.t̬ɪd/sugar-coated adjective (SWEET)
(of foods or pills) covered with a thin layer of sugar
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Various qualities of food
- citrus
- cordon bleu
- creamy
- crisp
- crispy
- crunchy
- fatty
- hoppy
- instant
- isotonic
- kosher
- lean
- mild
- salt
- store-bought
- sugar-free
- unbleached
- undercook
- unsliced
- untouched
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sugar-coated adjective (DECEIVING)
disapproving An announcement or promise that is sugar-coated is intended to seem positive or pleasant, although in fact it will result in something unpleasant or unacceptable.
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Dishonest
- bad faith
- be rotten to the core idiom
- be up to no good idiom
- bent
- cowboy
- down-and-dirty
- dubious
- false
- finagle
- fishy
- low-down
- malfeasance
- mendacious
- misleading
- perjure
- underhand
- unreliable
- unscrupulous
- unsporting
- weasel
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sugar-coat
verb [ T ] uk/ˈʃʊɡ.əˌkəʊt/us/ˈʃʊɡ.ɚˌkoʊt/