Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sugarcoat the pill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables: sug-ar-coat the pill
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make an unpleasant event less displeasing.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: polish a turd, put lipstick on a pig, sweeten the pot"
"To sugarcoat the pill of payment the receiver of the tax was wont to refer to it disparagingly in the diminutive, calling it “la huchette,” “the little tax on a fish stall.”"
"Philosophy supposes that the argument is merely flavored with such imported images to sugarcoat the pill of difficult thinking for those unused to the bitter remedy of rigorous thought."
"One middle-aged woman does not sugar-coat the pill, rating the experience “one out of 10” because “shops keep shutting”."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

sugarcoats the pill (present, singular) sugarcoating the pill (participle, present) sugarcoated the pill (participle, past) sugarcoated the pill (past) sugarcoat a bitter pill (alternative)

Phrases

bitter pill to swallow difficult pill to swallow hard pill to swallow pill to swallow swallow a bitter pill tough pill to swallow hard to swallow

Frequently Paired Words

bitter pill to swallow difficult pill to swallow hard pill to swallow pill to swallow swallow a bitter pill tough pill to swallow hard to swallow

Synonyms

gild the pill sweeten the pill polish a turd put lipstick on a pig sweeten the pot

Questions

What does sugarcoat the pill mean?: To make an unpleasant event less displeasing.

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