Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - sugar-coated

1. Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar. Some sugar-coated cereals are 50% sugar. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If you describe something such as a story as sugar-coated, you disapprove of it because it appears to be pleasant or attractive but in fact describes something very unpleasant. ...a sugar-coated view of a boy’s introduction to sex. ADJ: usu ADJ n c darkgreen]disapproval