Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sugarcoated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
sug-ar-coat-ed
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Coated with sugar.

adj

Made superficially more attractive, possibly to conceal flaws or faults.

Etymology

From sugar + coated.

Inflected Forms

more sugarcoated (comparative) most sugarcoated (superlative) sugar coated (alternative) sugar-coated (alternative)

Phrases

sugar-coated liver sugar-coated spleen

Questions

What does sugarcoated mean?
Coated with sugar.
Where does sugarcoated come from?
From sugar + coated.

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