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Euphemistic   /jˌufəmˈɪstɪk/   Listen
Euphemistic

adjective
1.
Substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one.  Synonym: inoffensive.





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"Euphemistic" Quotes from Famous Books



... (into the grace of God), an euphemistic and more polite term than "mta"he died. The latter term is avoided by the Founder of Chnstianity; and our Spiritualists now say "passed away to a higher life," a phrase embodying a theory which, to say the least, is "not ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 9 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Euphemistic" :   euphemism, dysphemistic


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