Euphemism is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for EUPHEMISM in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a figure of rhetoric by which an unpleasant or offensive thing is described or referred to by a milder term
• a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
• inoffensive word or phrase substituted for one considered offensive or upsetting
• A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.
• an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; the expression so substituted

Words related to EUPHEMISM

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Words that contain EUPHEMISM

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How to use EUPHEMISM in a sentence

• The Babylonian phrase is like the Hebrew one to be interpreted as a euphemism for the hair around the male or female organ.
• At the Front euphemism in describing hardship is mingled with circumlocution in official terminology.
• Nervous breakdown was a euphemism for the result of alcoholic excess.
• The word here has rather the force of euphemism, an entirely different word.
• It is just as well to acknowledge a fact which cannot now be obscured by any amount of euphemism.
• The former word is frequently used, even in laws and ordinances, as a euphemism for the latter.

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