Usually means: Make unpleasant news more palatable.
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  1. sweeten the pill: Merriam-Webster
  2. sweeten the pill: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. sweeten the pill: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. sweeten the pill: Wiktionary

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  1. sweeten the pill: Encyclopedia

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  1. sweeten the pill: Medical dictionary

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  1. sweeten the pill: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sweeten the pill)

▸ verb:  Synonym of sugarcoat the pill

Similar:
gild the pill, sprucen up, synth, acetylize, embroaden, detoxificate, palatize, coadministrate, opsonify, decarboxylize, more...

Opposite:
bitter truth, harsh reality, unpleasant fact

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Similar:
gild the pill, sprucen up, synth, acetylize, embroaden, detoxificate, palatize, coadministrate, opsonify, decarboxylize, more...

Opposite:
bitter truth, harsh reality, unpleasant fact



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