GILD THE PILL

Domain	Definition
Literature	Gild the Pill (To). To do something to make a disagreeable task less offensive, as a pill is gilded to make it less offensive to the sight and taste. Children's powders are hidden in jam, and authors are "damned with faint praise." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms within Context: GILD THE PILL

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Deception	Decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle; entrap, intrap, ensnare; nick, springe; set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for; bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime; trapan, trepan; kidnap; let in, hook in; nousle, nousel; blind a trail; enmesh, immesh; shanghai; catch, catch in a trap; sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity; hum, humbug; gammon, stuff up, sell; play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on; balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale; fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand; make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of; trifle with, cajole, flatter; come over; (influence); gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon; dissemble.
Flattery	Lay the flattering unction to one's soul, gild the pill, make things pleasant.
Motive	Tamper with, bribe, suborn, grease the palm, bait with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook.
Pain	Make things pleasant, popularize, gild the pill, sugar-coat the pill, sweeten.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Translation: GILD THE PILL

Language		Translations for "GILD THE PILL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zbukuroj (adorn, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, bespangle, bespread, color, colour, deck, decorate, dress, embellish, embroider, festoon, flatter, Flavor, flavour, garnish, glorify, inlay, intersperse, landscape, ornament, pink, prettify, set with, smarten up, stud, touch up, trap, trick out, trim, water down). (various references)

Arabic		‏هون المصيبة, ‏طلى حبة الدواء. (various references)

Bulgarian		подслаждам горчивия хап. (various references)

Czech		osladit hořkou pilulku (sugar the pill). (various references)

French		dorer la pilule. (various references)

Greek		χρυσώνω το χάπι. (various references)

Hungarian		megszépít (to cosmeticize, to glorify). (various references)

Pig Latin		ildgay ethay illpay

Russian		позолотить пилюлю. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zamazati (besmear, besmirch, slush, smear, smudge, soil). (various references)

Spanish		dorar la píldora. (various references)

Turkish		göz boyamak (hoodwink), kötü bir şeyi hoş göstermeye çalışmak. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: GILD THE PILL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-g-h-i-i-l-l-l-p-t"
	-3 letters: plighted.
	-4 letters: delight, ghillie, gillied, lighted.
	-5 letters: gilled, gillie, hilled, hilted, illite, lilied, lilted, lipide, piglet, pilled, pithed, pitied, plight, tilled.
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Specialty Definition: GILD THE PILL