Don't sugarcoat it.
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Sugarcoat
//ˈʃʊɡɚˌkoʊt//
Synonyms for "sugarcoat" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Verb(2 words)
Strong matches (7)
Verb(3 words)
Related words (12)
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3 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- جَمَّل verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- حَسَّنَ verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- خَفَّفَ verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- دلّع verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
Bulgarian
1 entries- захаросвам verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
Chinese
1 entries- 粉飾 /粉饰 verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
Finnish
1 entries- kaunistella verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
German
4 entries- anzuckern verb (to coat with sugar)
- beschönigen verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- schönreden verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- verzuckern verb (to coat with sugar)
Hungarian
2 entries- cukormázzal önt le / von be verb (to coat with sugar)
- szépít verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
Japanese
1 entries- オブラートに包む verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
Norwegian
1 entries- rosemale verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
Polish
3 entries- kadzić verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- lukrować verb (to coat with sugar)
- słodzić verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
Russian
4 entries- выставля́ть в вы́годном све́те verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- глазирова́ть verb (to coat with sugar)
- загла́живать verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- запу́дрить verb (to coat with sugar)
Spanish
4 entries- adulciguar verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- adulcir verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- azucarar verb (to coat with sugar)
- azucarar verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
Swedish
4 entries- försköna verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- kandera verb (to coat with sugar)
- linda in verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
- släta över verb (to give a falsely pleasant appearance)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I'm not going to sugarcoat it.
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She doesn't sugarcoat anything.
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I like that you don't sugarcoat anything.
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