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sugar-coated

sug·ar-coat·ed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shoo g-er koh-tid]
    • /ˈʃʊg ər ˈkoʊ tɪd/
    • /ˈʃʊɡə(r) ˈkəʊ.tɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shoo g-er koh-tid]
    • /ˈʃʊg ər ˈkoʊ tɪd/

Definitions of sugar-coated word

  • adjective sugar-coated Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar. 0
  • adjective sugar-coated 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. 0
  • adjective sugar-coated (of food) covered with a sweet substance made of sugar 0
  • adjective sugar-coated (of a story, information, etc) written or told in a way that makes it seem more palatable 0
  • adjective sugar-coated A sugar-coated tablet is coated with sugar to disguise the taste. 0
  • verb sugar-coated simple past tense and past participle of sugar-coat. 0

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Parts of speech for Sugar-coated

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sugar-coated popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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