Synonyms for sugar-coated
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : shoo g-er-koht |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃʊg ərˌkoʊt |
Top 10 synonyms for sugar-coated Other synonyms for the word sugar-coated
- A-OK
- add sweetening
- aperitive
- candied
- candy
- candy-coat
- candy-coated
- cloying
- cool
- copacetic
- delectable
- delightful
- delish
- divine
- fair
- flavorsome
- flavory
- full-flavored
- good-tasting
- heavenly
- home-cooking
- honey
- honeyed
- like candy
- like honey
- luscious
- make sweet
- make toothsome
- mellow
- mouthwatering
- nectarous
- palatable
- peachy
- piquant
- pungent
- relishing
- sacchariferous
- saccharine
- sapid
- saporific
- saporous
- satisfactory
- savory
- scrumptious
- spicy
- succulent
- sugar
- sugar-coat
- sugar-coated
- sugared
- sweetened
- syrupy
- tantalizing
- tasteful
- tasty
- tempting
- toothsome
- toothy
- yummy
- zestful
Définition of sugar-coated
Origin :- also sugar-coat, 1870, originally of medicine; figuratively, "make more palatable," from 1910. Related: Sugarcoated; sugarcoating.
- As in palatable : adj delicious, agreeable
- As in sweet : adj sugary
- As in tasty : adj delicious
- As in appetizing : adj tasting very good
- As in sweeten : verb add sugar
- They like "Talks" in small quantities, concentrated form, and sugar-coated.
- Extract from : « Inventors & Inventions » by Henry Robinson
- Much that is called nature-study is only diluted and sugar-coated science.
- Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various
- He swallowed his chagrin, for he could but confess that it was sugar-coated.
- Extract from : « The Puppet Crown » by Harold MacGrath
- He took off the lid of the box and revealed four sugar-coated pills.
- Extract from : « The Paradise Mystery » by J. S. Fletcher
- In daily press, in magazines, in every thing I read, the sugar-coated life's prescribed as man's most urgent need.
- Extract from : « The Jumble Book of Rhymes » by Frank R. Heine
- "I'm hunger-y," whispered Baby, taking a sugar-coated pill out of a box, and touching it with her tongue.
- Extract from : « Prudy Keeping House » by Sophie May
- If I wanted to promote good reading, I would not treat it as a pill to be sugar-coated.
- Extract from : « Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913 » by Various
- It will be observed that they sugar-coated their certificate with a lot of whereases.
- Extract from : « The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 » by James H. Blount
- But Tom Van Dorn did smile as he answered, a smile of such sweetness, and of such winning grace that it sugar-coated his words.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of a Fool » by William Allen White
- Slowly, and in sugar-coated pills of homeopathic size, he administered to them minute doses of the ideas he wished them to digest.
- Extract from : « Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day » by Haji A. Browne
Antonyms for sugar-coated
- acid
- bitter
- bland
- cacophonous
- disagreeable
- discordant
- disenchanting
- disgusting
- displease
- disrupt
- distasteful
- dull
- flavorless
- horrible
- malodorous
- mean
- offensive
- repulsive
- salt
- salty
- sour
- stinking
- stinky
- tasteless
- trouble
- ugly
- unacceptable
- unappetizing
- unattractive
- unfriendly
- unhappy
- unpleasant
- unsatisfactory
- unsavory
- untasty
- worry
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