Euphemistic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Euphemistic \Eu`phe*mis"tic\, Euphemistical \Eu`phe*mis"tic*al\,
     a.
     Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in
     expression. -- {Eu`phe*mis"tic*al*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  euphemistic
       adj : of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology;
             "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term" [syn: {inoffensive}]
             [ant: {dysphemistic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "euphemistic":
     elegant, euphuistic, exquisite, formalistic, goody good-good,
     goody-goody, mincing, namby-pamby, overnice, overprecise,
     overrefined, pedantic, precieuse, precious, precisian,
     precisianistic, precisionistic, puristic, simpering