The Clue
Unwelcome one (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PILL
Tags
Notes
The answer PILL is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Annoyer
Bolus
Bore
Capsule
Complainer
Disagreeable one
Grouch
Tab
Tablet
Tiresome one
Alternative to a caplet
Aspirin, e.g.
Bit of medicine
Cachou, e.g.
Difficult sort
Disagreeable person
Dosage unit
Dose of medicine
Medicinal tablet
Medicine ball?
Medicine tablet
Pain in the neck
Troche or bolus
Unpleasant person
Wet blanket
Hard-to-take person
Hard-to-tolerate sort
Hardly the life of the party
It's taken in for treatment
Tiresomely disagreeable sort
It can be popped
Term for a Nolan Ryan fastball
Item in a box with seven compartments, say
Definition
PILL as a noun:
1. something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
2. (pill, lozenge, tablet, tab) = a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
3. a unpleasant or tiresome person
4. something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take"
5. (pill, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant) = a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception