Definition of "sugarcoat"

sugarcoat

/ˈʃʊɡɚˌkoʊt/

verb
third-person singular simple present sugarcoats, present participle sugarcoating, simple past and past participle sugarcoated
1. (transitive) To coat with sugar.
2. (transitive, figurative) To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to.
  Quotations
  I went to the unheard-of trouble of re-writing the letter and saying the same harsh things softly, so as to sugarcoat the anguish and make it a little more endurable […]
  1876 November 1, Mark Twain, “Letter to Mr. Burrough, of St. Louis”, in The Letters Of Mark Twain,‎, volume 3
  […] And I don't think we can sugarcoat both the human toll that is unfolding in Ukraine, but also how it is reordering the international architecture in ways that we haven't seen in decades.
  2022 March 23, Barack Obama, 2:52 from the start, in Centennial Celebration Conversation with President Barack Obama and Yo-Yo Ma‎, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, via YouTube