Euphemize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Euphemize is a verb meaning (intransitive) To utter one or more euphemisms; to speak euphemistically.
Meaning
(intransitive) To utter one or more euphemisms; to speak euphemistically.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To describe in euphemistic terms.
Example Sentences
There seems to be some support here for the claim that the older group felt a greater need to euphemize in the two contexts in question.
The pools in general are bedded with black mud, and creamed over with oily flakes which may proceed from the tar on the vessels' sides, and may also from "decomposing animal matter," as we euphemise it now-a-days.
Word Forms
- euphemizes
- euphemizing
- euphemized
- euphemise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include euphemise, dysphemize, euhemerise, silence, put down, extenuate.
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