Cotton candy
Cotton candy noun - Something attractive but lacking in substance.
Usage example: the beauty pageant is a variety of cotton candy that the public has clearly started to grow tired of
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Gloss and cotton candy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gloss" instead a noun phrase "Cotton candy".
Gloss
Gloss noun - A deceptively attractive external appearance.
Usage example: used a computer to give her astrological predictions the gloss of real science
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Gloss and Cotton candy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cotton_candy/gloss
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