Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard pill to swallow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables: hard pil-l -to swal-low
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of bitter pill to swallow.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, pill, to, swallow.

Example Sentences

"That my own son could have done something so horrible is a hard pill to swallow."

Inflected Forms

hard pills to swallow (plural)

Phrases

horse pill

Frequently Paired Words

horse pill

Synonyms

bitter pill to swallow

Questions

What does hard pill to swallow mean?: Synonym of bitter pill to swallow.

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