sugar-coated
adjective (DECEIVING) /ˌʃʊɡ.əˈkəʊ.tɪd/
/-ɚˈkoʊ.t̬ɪd/ disapprovingDefinition
› An announcement or promise that is sugar-coated is intended to seem positive or pleasant, although in fact it will result in something unpleasant or unacceptable.Dishonest sugar-coat verb [T] Making things betterBecoming better
(Definition of sugar-coated adjective (DECEIVING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be rotten to the core idiom
- be up to no good idiom
- bent adjective (DISHONEST)
- cowboy noun (DISHONEST PERSON)
- crooked adjective (CRIMINAL)
- dodgy adjective (NOT HONEST)
- down-and-dirty adjective
- dubious adjective
- false adjective (NOT TRUE)
- finagle verb
- fishy adjective (DISHONEST)
- improper adjective (DISHONEST)
- low-down adjective
- malfeasance noun
- mendacious adjective
- misleading adjective
- shabby adjective (NOT FAIR)
- unscrupulous adjective
- unsporting adjective
- weasel out of sth phrasal verb
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