DYSPHEMISM

Meaning of DYSPHEMISM in English

noun Etymology: dys- + -phemism (as in euphemism) Date: 1884 the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one, dysphemistic adjective

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DYSPHEMISM — ˈdisfəˌmizəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: dys- + -phemism (as in euphemism ) : substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DYSPHEMISM — — dysphemistic , adj. /dis"feuh miz'euhm/ , n. 1. the substitution of a harsh, disparaging, or unpleasant expression for a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DYSPHEMISM — noun Etymology: dys- + -phemism (as in euphemism ) Date: 1884 : the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DYSPHEMISM — [ 'dɪsfɪmɪz(ə)m ] ■ noun a derogatory or unpleasant term used instead of a pleasant or neutral one.
Concise Oxford English vocab
DYSPHEMISM — [dys.phe.mism] n [dys- + -phemism (as in euphemism)] (1884): the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging expression for an …
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DYSPHEMISM — Дисфемизм
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DYSPHEMISM — n. Pronunciation: ' dis-f ə - ˌ mi-z ə m Function: noun Etymology: dys- + -phemism (as in euphemism ) …
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DYSPHEMISTIC — adjective see: dysphemism
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EUPHEMISM — ˈyüfəˌmizəm, -f ə mˌi- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek euphēmismos, from euphēmos auspicious, sounding good (from eu- + -phēmos, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DYSPHEMISTIC — see dysphemism
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VULGARITY — Synonyms and related words : Gothicism, bad manners, bad taste, barbarism, barbarousness, baseness, bombasticness, cacology, cacophony, caddishness, clumsiness, coarseness, crudeness, …
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VULGARISM — Synonyms and related words : Babbittry, Gothicism, bad taste, barbarism, barbarousness, bombasticness, bourgeois taste, cacology, cacophony, camp, campiness, clumsiness, coarseness, …
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VULGAR LANGUAGE — Synonyms and related words : argot, bad language, billingsgate, blue language, cant, colorful language, cursing, cussing, dirty language, dirty talk, …
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SWEARING — Synonyms and related words : affidavit, affirmation, attestation, bad language, billingsgate, blue language, certification, colorful language, cursing, cussing, deposition, dirty …
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STRONG LANGUAGE — Synonyms and related words : bad language, billingsgate, bite, bitingness, blue language, colorful language, cursing, cussing, cuttingness, dirty language, dirty …
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SCATOLOGY — Synonyms and related words : argot, bad language, billingsgate, blue language, cant, colorful language, cursing, cussing, dirty language, dirty talk, …
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RUDENESS — Synonyms and related words : Gothicism, bad manners, bad taste, barbarism, barbarousness, bombasticness, brashness, brassiness, brazenfacedness, brazenness, cacology, cacophony, caddishness, …
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ROUGHNESS — Synonyms and related words : CAT, Gothicism, abruptness, acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, acuteness, aerospace, aerosphere, aggressiveness, air hole, air …
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RIBALDRY
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PROFANITY — Synonyms and related words : bad language, billingsgate, blasphemousness, blasphemy, blue language, colorful language, cursing, cussing, desecration, dirty language, dirty …
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PONDEROUSNESS — Synonyms and related words : Gothicism, aridity, avoirdupois, awkwardness, bad taste, barbarism, barbarousness, barrenness, beef, beefiness, bloodlessness, bombasticness, boorishness, bulkiness, …
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PLAINNESS — Synonyms and related words : Atticism, Bohemianism, accessibility, affability, apparentness, approachability, appropriateness, artlessness, atmospheric visibility, austerity, baldness, bareness, bluffness, bluntness, …
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OBSCENITY
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OATH — Synonyms and related words : Bible oath, assurance, avouch, avouchment, avow, avowal, curse, cuss, cuss word, dirty name, dirty word, …
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NO NO — Synonyms and related words : Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Party, Volstead Act, ban, contraband, curse, cuss, cuss word, denial, dirty name, …
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INFELICITY — Synonyms and related words : Gothicism, abnormality, aching heart, agony, agony of mind, anguish, anomaly, antiphrasis, bad taste, bale, barbarism, …
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INELEGANCE — Synonyms and related words : Babbittry, awkwardness, bad taste, boorishness, bourgeois taste, bumblingness, cacophony, camp, campiness, clownishness, clumsiness, cumbersomeness, defacement, …
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IMPURITY
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IMPROPRIETY — Synonyms and related words : Babbittry, Gothicism, aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, anomaly, atrocity, bad taste, badness, barbarism, barbarousness, blunder, bombasticness, bourgeois …
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HARSHNESS — Synonyms and related words : Babel, Gothicism, Spartanism, abominability, abruptness, acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, acuteness, aggressiveness, animality, aphonia, artificial …
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FOUL LANGUAGE — Synonyms and related words : bad language, billingsgate, blue language, colorful language, cursing, cussing, dirty language, dirty talk, dysphemism, evil …
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FILTH
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