euphemistic
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- adjective
- /ˌjuːfəˈmɪstɪk/
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eufemístico
- Do you think being euphemistic about sex is more or less feminist?
- euphemistic terms
And that's when they can sometimes have these things called a catastrophic whole loss, which is a euphemistic phrase for a terrible plane crash.
- And that's when they can sometimes have these things called a catastrophic whole loss, which is a euphemistic phrase for a terrible plane crash.
- And I say interesting in the euphemistic sense that he's kind of a messed up character.
- All the protein bars have have some sort of sugar and they'll give it all kinds of euphemistic names like organic raw cane syrup, that's sugar.
- What she is experiencing is not the the euphemistic way we refer to this is confusion.
Examples
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That's a really euphemistic way of putting it, Susana.
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The recent tendency to call professors "resource persons" is a faint-hearted and euphemistic admission of this logical conclusion.
Academic text (1990) -
So they use euphemistic language to turn negative traits into positive ones.
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In class, he had always instructed them to avoid such euphemistic phrases.
Fiction book (1999) -
Asking someone back for coffee could actually be an invitation for coffee, or it could be a euphemistic invitation for sex.
Blog text (32) -
"Single payer" is a euphemistic term to describe universal health coverage paid for by the federal government.
Blog text (6) -
What's a euphemistic way to say it that doesn't sound unpleasant?
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And that's when they can sometimes have these things called a catastrophic whole loss, which is a euphemistic phrase for a terrible plane crash.
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I regularly critique these reports, highlighting the obvious omissions, vague or euphemistic language, or logical gaps in the way they are written.
Blog text (19) -
Using the term 'euphemistic' for 'enhanced interrogation techniques' is a euphemistic way of referring to torture.
Synonyms
Describing something with a mild or pleasant word instead of a harsh one
Antonyms
How Mild
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Euphemistic comes from Greek parts eu- meaning 'good' and pheme meaning 'speech', and it shares its root with euphemism. So to be euphemistic is to use 'good' or softer speech in a mild, polite way to avoid sounding harsh.