/?ju?.f??m?s.t?k/using a word or phrase inordertoavoidsaying a moreunpleasantoroffensiveword:委婉的Cosmeticsurgerycomes withitsown new, euphemisticvocabulary: you aren't beingoperatedon, you are "getting something done".."整容手术有它自己一套新的委婉的词汇:你不是在做手术,你是在“搞定某件事”。We aremastersof euphemisticlanguageand canprovidea sugar-coating to the mostunpalatableoftopics.我们是使用委婉语言的大师,可以为最令人不快的话题加一层粉饰。SeeeuphemismMore examples
phrasesare fine-tuned to be euphemisticyetseeminglyprecise
It wasimpossibleto be euphemistic about thebasicfactsofnaturewhen onelivedon astudfarm.
Thehospitalshould have thecourageofitsconvictionsand nottrytohidebehind euphemisticstatements.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesDigressing and being indirect or evasive
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candy coating
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euphemism
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implicitly
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move offsomething/on (tosomething)
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obfuscation
obscure
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