sweeten the pill
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Example Sentences
- "This would not sweeten the pill to the French; but in making that acquisition we had some view to our own good as well as theirs, and I believe the greatest good of both will be promoted by whatever will amalgamate us together."
- "Exercise of all sorts is one of the lessons we are to learn,” said Mrs. Minot, suggesting all the pleasant things she could to sweeten the pill for her pupils, two of whom did love their books, not being old enough to know that even an excellent thing may be overdone."
- "It sweetened this pill by explaining that this figure was not a direct loss - that it was only £170-£410m (£280-£670m today) - because we benefited from Metronet's capital spending."