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EUPHEMISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does euphemise mean? 

EUPHEMISE (verb)
  The verb EUPHEMISE has 1 sense:

1. refer to something with a euphemismplay

  Familiarity information: EUPHEMISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EUPHEMISE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Refer to something with a euphemism

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

euphemise; euphemize

Hypernyms (to "euphemise" is one way to...):

denote; refer (have as a meaning)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


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