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noun

1. Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup
2. A confection made with sugar and often flavoring and filling
3. A piece of such confection
4. Something that is pleasant or appealing in a light or frivolous way

   "visual candy"

verb

1. To encrust in or coat with sugar
2. To make attractive sweeten

   "candying up the duke's reputation"

3. To crystallize into sugar
4. To become coated or encrusted with sugar crystals become crystallized into sugar

verb

1. To coat (food) in sugar and often other ingredients (such as flavoring or coloring)

   "candy-coated the pecans"

2. To make (something that is disagreeable, difficult, or harsh) seem more pleasant, attractive, or acceptable sugarcoat

   "Although Capra characterized his films as "Sermons on the Mount," he knew how to candy-coat the morals with laughter."

adjective

1. Covered with sugar and often other ingredients (such as flavoring or coloring)

   "candy-coated peanuts"

2. Suggestive of candy
3. Made to seem more pleasant, attractive, or acceptable

   "You seldom see anything but the most candy-coated view of poverty or rural life."

4. Having an easy appeal causing no discomfort, concern, etc.

   "candy-coated pop songs"

5. Sentimental, saccharine

   "candy-coated nostalgia"

noun

1. Cotton candy
2. Something attractive but insubstantial

noun

1. A usually teenage volunteer worker at a hospital

noun

1. An apple that is covered with a sugary mixture that becomes hard

noun

1. A stick of hard red and white candy with a curve at the top

adjective

1. Having a pattern of colored stripes and white stripes that look like the stripes on some sticks of candy

   "a candy-striped shirt"

noun

1. A young attractive person who accompanies a usually older person at social events