0 to intentionally describe something in a way that makes it seem less unpleasant or less serious than it really is:
"I'm not going to candy coat it," he said. "What I did was wrong and I'll take responsibility."
It's extremely disappointing; I'm not going to candy-coat this.
I've learned that it is emotionally healthy to express my real feelings, not candy coat things.
They haven't made any real changes. They candy-coated a fundamentally flawed procedure.
