Made superficially more attractive. This often implies the reality has faults that are being hidden.(adjective)
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Use "sugarcoated" in a sentence
"The genre, which might be described as sugarcoated bubblegum hip-hop, may be disposable, but it is extremely catchy and rhythmically elastic."
"Mafia Wars out now on the iPhone - Filed under: Gaming, Odds and ends, Freeware, App Store Unfortunately, the classic mobile game of Dope Wars (I played hours of it on my old TI-80) still hasn't been allowed on the App Store -- Apple reportedly wasn't happy with the drug-themed gameplay, and so there are only "sugarcoated" versions there now (including one that is literally ..."
"It is not the simple, sugarcoated filmed rerun of a graphic, romanticized scene."