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euphemisms

NOUN

nice way of saying something

Synonyms

STRONG

circumlocution delicacy floridness grandiloquence inflation pomposity pretense purism

Example Sentences

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In fact, we had a whole vocabulary of different words and euphemisms we could use so as not to think too deeply about the unthinkable or our possible role in making it happen.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

He was resented for puncturing euphemisms of communal self-regard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

They use euphemisms online to communicate the things they are not supposed to mention.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2024

What first clued me in to the remarkable frequency with which complaints about men’s cleanliness appear on Reddit was repeatedly encountering one of the most awfully evocative euphemisms in the English language: skid mark.

From Slate • May 17, 2024

I know people who speak of death with timorous euphemisms of ‘passing away.’

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez