Usually means: Softening harsh expressions with words.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word euphemize:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. euphemize: Merriam-Webster
  2. euphemize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. euphemize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. euphemize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. euphemize: Vocabulary.com
  6. euphemize: Wordnik
  7. euphemize: Wiktionary
  8. euphemize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. euphemize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. euphemize: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Euphemize, euphemize: Dictionary.com
  12. Euphemize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. euphemize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. euphemize: Rhymezone
  15. Euphemize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. euphemize: FreeDictionary.org
  17. euphemize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. euphemize: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Euphemize: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (euphemize)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To utter one or more euphemisms; to speak euphemistically.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To describe in euphemistic terms.

Similar:
euphemise, dysphemize, euhemerise, go to sleep, pass away, gloss over, help along, silence, mince words, put down, more...

Opposite:
dysphemize, disparage, degrade, denigrate

Types:
sugarcoat, whitewash, gloss over, sanitize, more...

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Similar:
euphemise, dysphemize, euhemerise, go to sleep, pass away, gloss over, help along, silence, mince words, put down, more...

Opposite:
dysphemize, disparage, degrade, denigrate

Types:
sugarcoat, whitewash, gloss over, sanitize, more...



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