sugarcoat

[ shoo g-er-koht ]

/ ˈʃʊg ərˌkoʊt /

to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.

to make (something difficult or distasteful) appear more pleasant or acceptable: There was no way to sugarcoat the bad news.

Origin of sugarcoat

First recorded in 1865–70; sugar + coat

Well, there's no way to sugar-coat 80,000 jobs, so I won't even try.

Jobs Numbers: Conservatives, This Thread's For You |Michael Tomasky |July 6, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I think they had a lot of trust for me because I never tried to sugar-coat it.

Suzy Welch's Decision-Making Secrets |Tina Brown |April 16, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
He did not sugar-coat enough the bitter truth which he was telling to the nation.

William Lloyd Garrison |Archibald H. Grimke
(b) The Story with a Moral attempts to sugar-coat its sermon with a little narrative.

Short Story Writing |Charles Raymond Barrett

You understand very well, too, how to sugar-coat the most bitter pills.

Letters to an Unknown |Prosper Mrime
Lester realized that this was an asinine attempt to sugar-coat the true story and it made him angry.

Jennie Gerhardt |Theodore Dreiser
They sugar-coat unpleasant truths, and are natural diplomats.

How to Read Human Nature |William Walker Atkinson

sugar-coat

to coat or cover with sugar

to cause to appear more attractive; make agreeable