euphemistic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
euphemistic
    adj 1: substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful
           one; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term" [syn:
           {euphemistic}, {inoffensive}] [ant: {dysphemistic},
           {offensive}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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

    

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