sugarcoatingгерундий или причастие настоящего времени Functions attributively to describe language or behavior that softens or makes something appear more pleasant.
Определения
Serving to make something seem more pleasant, acceptable, or mild than it really is; softening or glossing over. His sugarcoating explanations failed to hide the seriousness of the problem.
Both the hyphenated spelling sugar-coat and the closed spelling sugarcoat are attested.
Переводы
The almonds were sugar-coated for the holiday dessert.
Миндаль засахарили для праздничного десерта.
She sugar-coated the facts when she told the story.
Она приукрашивала факты, рассказывая эту историю.
смягчатьперен.; о сообщениях, формулировках и оценках Определения
to cover or coat with sugar or a sugary substance The almonds were sugar-coated for the holiday dessert.
to present something in a way that makes it seem less unpleasant, serious, or offensive than it really is Don't sugar-coat the truth; tell me exactly what happened.
Синонимы
gloss over
sweeten the pill
tone down
cover up
dress up
Антонимы
be frank
tell the truth
state plainly