Euphemism

['juːfəmɪz(ə)m] or ['jufəmɪzəm]

Definition

(noun.) an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh.

Edited by Albert--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.

Editor: Stacy

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Softened expression (to avoid offending by harshness or by indelicacy).

Checker: Percy

Definition

n. a figure of rhetoric by which an unpleasant or offensive thing is designated by an indirect and milder term.—v.t. or v.i. Eu′phemise to express by a euphemism: to use euphemistic terms.—adj. Euphemist′ic.—adv. Euphemist′ically.

Inputed by Bernard