"sugarcoated" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-sugarcoated.ogg [Australia] Forms: more sugarcoated [comparative], most sugarcoated [superlative]
Etymology: sugar + coated Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sugar|coated}} sugar + coated Head templates: {{en-adj}} sugarcoated (comparative more sugarcoated, superlative most sugarcoated)
  1. Coated with sugar. Translations (coated with sugar): açucarado (Portuguese), azucarado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sugarcoated-en-adj-aKSCSDQH Disambiguation of 'coated with sugar': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic, figuratively) Made superficially more attractive, possibly to cover up faults. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-sugarcoated-en-adj-aM9OTE9U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sugar coated, sugar-coated Derived forms: sugar-coated spleen

Alternative forms

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