euphemisms in English

noun

1

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

“downsizing” as a euphemism for cuts

synonyms: polite term, indirect term, circumlocution, substitute, alternative, understatement, genteelism

noun

polite term, indirect term, circumlocution, substitute, alternative, understatement, genteelism

Use "euphemisms" in a sentence

1. No point in mincing words or hiding behind euphemisms.

2. Some languages provide a number of euphemisms to ease the discomfort.

3. No point is in mincing words or hiding behind euphemisms.

4. From a diachronic point of view, languages are changing continuously, so are euphemisms.

5. Frank lists examples of this craze for economic euphemisms with a mixture of horrified amazement and scorn.

6. 29 These euphemisms are accepted at face value-to the benefit of those labeled by them.

7. Breastings is a euphemism fo r shroud, just one o f the many euphemisms used in the industry

8. The parents used euphemisms such as Busing and neighborhood schools to maintain segregated schools without explicitly saying they did not want …

9. In language, these Blanknesses are created by technocratic euphemisms, Glomar responses, and whole pages’ worth of black-block redacted words

10. Mendes encouraged some improvisation; for example, when Lester masturbates in bed beside Carolyn, the director asked Spacey to improvise several euphemisms for the act in each take.

11. Chthonic deities In classical mythology, the dreaded deities of the underworld, who are so feared that they usually are nameless and are called only by euphemisms

12. Presenter Coach evaluates your pacing, pitch, your use of filler words, informal speech, euphemisms, and culturally sensitive terms, and it detects when you're being overly wordy or are simply reading the text on a slide.

13. The Bucolically named Sanctuary Park Alien Relocation Camp continues in the fine tradition of such South African euphemisms as the Representation of Natives Act (1936; further reduces black suffrage, thereby not letting them be represented) or the Bantu Education Act (1953; enforces separate and unequal instruction, rather than promoting education).

14. For example, By Jove, I was glad to see her, or It was a great day, by Cracky.These mild oaths are euphemisms, the first for "by Jesus" or "by God" (Jove is another name for Jupiter, the principal Roman god), and the folksy variant by Cracky for "by Christ." Both idioms may be dying out.