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euphemistic
noun
(eu-phe-mism)
the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also : the expression so substituted
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inoffensive
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optimistic
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pejorative
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colloquial
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oxymoronic
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shorthand
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hackneyed
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adjectival
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derogative
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adjective
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ambiguous
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slangy
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descriptive
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alliterative
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orwellian
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adverbial
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attributive
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nebulous
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infelicitous
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dialectal
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nonsensical
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denotative
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deprecatory
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unpoetic
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onomatopoetic
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meretricious
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sophistic
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banal
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pseudo
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pithier
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overdetermined
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latinate
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derisive
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terminological
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vaguer
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euphonious
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mealymouthed
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cutesy
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acronymic
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untranslatable
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overused
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legalistic
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connotative
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rebarbative
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prepositional
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inelegant
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crass
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unimaginative
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laissez
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crasser
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risible
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politer
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fatuous
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ungrammatical
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polysyllabic
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anachronistic
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flowery
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hortatory
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misogynous
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wordier
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lexicographical
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reductive
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perfidious
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subjunctive
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puerile
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monosyllabic
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contentless
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sesquipedalian
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sanctimonious
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propagandistic
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phrasal
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punny
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prolix
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womanish
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opprobrious
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jingoist
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reductionistic
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trite
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lavatorial
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disingenuous
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weaselly
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sententious
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mendacious
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otiose
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archaic
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reified
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tautological
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unlovely
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platitudinous
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gendered
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intransitive
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literal
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orotund
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unblushing
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grotesque
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bandy
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uncreative
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condescending
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ineloquent
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glib
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euphemistic
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