sugarcoat
sug·ar·coat / ˈshoŏgərˌkōt/ • v. [tr.] coat (an item of food) with sugar: [as adj.] (sugarcoated) sugarcoated almonds. ∎ make superficially attractive or acceptable: you won't see him sugarcoat the truth. ∎ make excessively sentimental: the filmmakers' proficiency is overpowered by their tendency to sugarcoat the material.
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