Synonyms for euphemistic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : yoo-fuh-miz-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈyu fəˌmɪz əm

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Définition of euphemistic

Origin : 1650s, from Greek euphemismos "use of a favorable word in place of an inauspicious one," from euphemizein "speak with fair words, use words of good omen," from eu- "good" (see eu-) + pheme "speaking," from phanai "speak" (see fame (n.)).
In ancient Greece, the superstitious avoidance of words of ill-omen during religious ceremonies, or substitutions such as Eumenides "the Gracious Ones" for the Furies (see also Euxine). In English, a rhetorical term at first; broader sense of "choosing a less distasteful word or phrase than the one meant" is first attested 1793. Related: Euphemistic; euphemistically.

adj polite

Example sentences :

The euphemistic plural disappeared at the first syllable from Blanche.
Extract from : « The Thousandth Woman » by Ernest W. Hornung

Rakshas means protector, and is, probably, an euphemistic term.
Extract from : « Indian Fairy Tales » by Anonymous

They give it euphemistic and deceitful names—auburn, bronze, Titian.
Extract from : « Damn! » by Henry Louis Mencken

We may note here the euphemistic tendency to call powerful spirits by propitiatory names.
Extract from : « The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' » by Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

I do not think this is a euphemistic way of saying he had a good opinion of himself.
Extract from : « Wagner as I Knew Him » by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger

Their retreat, said Reuter, in a euphemistic message from Rome, was "attended by some loss."
Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 » by Henry Baerlein

It is not quite certain that it may not have been through some euphemistic process that Fire-worship arose in Persia.
Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway

(Compare Matthew 5:21 f.) The euphemistic phrase of James is emphatic by its very mildness.
Extract from : « Studies in the Epistle of James » by A. T. Robertson

Each of these phrases is the euphemistic equivalent of jao, that is, 'go away, (and stay there).'
Extract from : « Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses » by John Kendall (AKA Dum-Dum)

But this is the usual attitude of the folk towards the "Good People," as indeed their euphemistic name really implies.
Extract from : « More English Fairy Tales » by Various

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