Synonyms for euphemism
ˈyu fəˌmɪz əmeu·phemism

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. euphemismnoun

   Antonyms:
   expletive, dysphemism

2. euphemismnoun

   Antonyms:
   expletive, dysphemism

3. euphemismnoun

   Antonyms:
   dysphemism, expletive

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:5.0 / 1 vote

1. euphemismnoun

   an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh

   Antonyms:
   dysphemism

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1. • Expression

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. euphemismnoun

   Synonyms:
   softened expression (to avoid offending by harshness or by indelicacy)

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "euphemism":

   understatement

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1. Euphemism

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1. 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.

2. Keir Giles:

   ' Deportation' is a euphemism. It's been used as a fairly innocuous term for what happened to these people, which was effectively enslavement and starvation. is shipping off the women, the children, the people that you want to remove from societies in order to neutralize them, they are generally met with pretty horrific fates. If they survived at all, they did not return for years or decades.

3. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art—a euphemism—tamed wilderness.

4. Joe Biden:

   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.'.

5. Ronan Farrow:

   They had a euphemism at this company called enhanced severance.