"sugar coated" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-sugar coated.ogg [Australia] Forms: more sugar coated [comparative], most sugar coated [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} sugar coated (comparative more sugar coated, superlative most sugar coated)
  1. (idiomatic) Alternative spelling of sugarcoated (altered to seem better than it really is, made more attractive.) Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Alternative form of: sugarcoated (extra: altered to seem better than it really is, made more attractive.)
    Sense id: en-sugar_coated-en-adj-U6sK-m7b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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