EUPHEMISTIC


Meaning of EUPHEMISTIC in English

Euphemistic language uses polite, pleasant, or neutral words and expressions to refer to things which people may find unpleasant, upsetting, or embarrassing to talk about, for example sex, the human body, or death.

...a ~ way of saying that someone has been lying.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

~ally

...political prisons, called ~ally ‘re-education camps’.

ADV: ADV with v

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