What is another word for euphemism?
Synonyms for euphemism
ˈyu fəˌmɪz əmeu·phemism
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Wiktionary
euphemismnoun
Antonyms:
expletive, dysphemismeuphemismnoun
Antonyms:
expletive, dysphemismeuphemismnoun
Antonyms:
dysphemism, expletive
Princeton's WordNet
euphemismnoun
an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
Antonyms:
dysphemism
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
euphemismnoun
Synonyms:
softened expression (to avoid offending by harshness or by indelicacy)
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Euphemism
Euphemism vs. Euphuism -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Euphemism and Euphuism.
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How to use euphemism in a sentence?
They had a euphemism at this company called enhanced severance.
Now, that was a euphemism, i thought I was really, really in trouble. My father never once raised his hand to any one of his children — never once — and I thought I was in trouble. He pulled me aside and said, 'Joey, you shouldn't do that, but I'm proud of you, son.'.
Illinois Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley:
Last April, I asked the GSA administrator under oath whether the President or anyone at the White House was involved in the discussions on this decision about the FBI building, general Services Administrator Emily Murphy said no. The inspector general said that General Services Administrator Emily Murphy misled us. I suppose that's a DC euphemism for a lie. So I'd like General Services Administrator Emily Murphy to come back before my subcommittee and answer that question accurately.
Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art—a euphemism—tamed wilderness.
There are hundreds of sanctuary jurisdictions across the country. Some left-wingers use the dreadful euphemism "civil liberties safe zones" to describe them. The phrase blurs the distinction between citizens and non-citizens by implying illegal aliens somehow possess a civil right to be present in the U.S.
Translations for euphemism
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- كنايةArabic
- евфеми́зъмBulgarian
- eufemismeCatalan, Valencian
- eufemismusCzech
- eufemismeDanish
- EuphemismusGerman
- ευφημισμόςGreek
- eŭfemismo, evitvortoEsperanto
- eufemismoSpanish
- عصبانیتPersian
- eufemismi, kiertoilmaisu, kiertoilmausFinnish
- euphémismeFrench
- eufemismoGalician
- व्यंजनाHindi
- eufemizmusHungarian
- մեղմասացությունArmenian
- skrautyrði, veigrunarorð, fegrunarheiti, skrauthvörfIcelandic
- eufemismoItalian
- לשון נקייהHebrew
- 婉曲法, 婉曲表現Japanese
- [[완곡하다, [[돌리다, 완곡어, 완곡어법Korean
- eifēmismsLatvian
- еуфеми́замMacedonian
- bahasa halusMalay
- eufemisme, evfemismeNorwegian
- verbloeming, eufemismeDutch
- eufemisme, evfemismeNorwegian Nynorsk
- eufemizmPolish
- eufemismoPortuguese
- eufemismRomanian
- эвфеми́змRussian
- eufemismSwedish
- евфемі́змUkrainian
- föemotVolapük
- 婉辭Chinese
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