Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To minimize the unpleasantness of; sugarcoat.
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Examples
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While people of lesser courage would candy-coat their words or simply shut up and sit down, Judy called it as she saw it.
Jeff Biggers: Thousands Pay Tribute to Judy Bonds: She Has Been to the Mountaintop--and We Must Fight Harder to Save It Jeff Biggers 2011
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While people of lesser courage would candy-coat their words or simply shut up and sit down, Judy called it as she saw it.
Jeff Biggers: Thousands Pay Tribute to Judy Bonds: She Has Been to the Mountaintop--and We Must Fight Harder to Save It Jeff Biggers 2011
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Though it's tempting at times, I've never been one to candy-coat reality, to tell little white lies to avoid dealing with some of the hard stuff of parenting.
Samantha Kurtzman-Counter: Is It OK to Lie About Santa? Samantha Kurtzman-Counter 2010
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Though it's tempting at times, I've never been one to candy-coat reality, to tell little white lies to avoid dealing with some of the hard stuff of parenting.
Samantha Kurtzman-Counter: Is It OK to Lie About Santa? Samantha Kurtzman-Counter 2010
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Though it's tempting at times, I've never been one to candy-coat reality, to tell little white lies to avoid dealing with some of the hard stuff of parenting.
Samantha Kurtzman-Counter: Is It OK to Lie About Santa? Samantha Kurtzman-Counter 2010
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Though it's tempting at times, I've never been one to candy-coat reality, to tell little white lies to avoid dealing with some of the hard stuff of parenting.
Samantha Kurtzman-Counter: Is It OK to Lie About Santa? Samantha Kurtzman-Counter 2010
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I've read a lot lately about the honesty of bloggers, about how moms online tell it like it is, don't candy-coat the messy stuff and hide it behind a veneer of perfection and try to maintain that everything is great, just great.
An uncomfortable Truth kittenpie 2007
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I've read a lot lately about the honesty of bloggers, about how moms online tell it like it is, don't candy-coat the messy stuff and hide it behind a veneer of perfection and try to maintain that everything is great, just great.
Archive 2007-03-01 kittenpie 2007
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Now, don't candy-coat it, you should really come out of your shell on this ...
Mark Udall, A Key Undecided Super-Delegate, Blasts Hillary's Gas Tax Holiday 2009
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Rather than trying to gloss over or candy-coat, he acknowledged the fact that all sides have some legitimate complaints, and all sides have tried to make some illegitimate hay out of the history of race relations in America.
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