sugarcoat
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
Types & categories
- sweeten hypernym
Related & opposite
- glaze derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause to appear more pleasant or appealing
The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts
Types & categories
- spin hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | glaze |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sweeten |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spin |