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}]
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]
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