Synonyme
gild,
whitewash,
add sugar,
add sweetening,
alleviate,
candy-coat,
make more appealing,
make sweet,
mollify,
pacify,
soften up,
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Etymologie
[ 'shu-g&r-"kOt ] (transitive verb.) 1870. sugar + coat; from the practice of coating medicinal tablets or pills with sugar in order to disguise their unpleasant taste