00908672-a 'substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one';
 
English dysphemistic ( ) , offensive ( )
Definitions
English
substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'
Japanese
より辛辣であるか不愉快な語を穏やかなものに変わりに用いる
'nigger'
Relations
Antonym: euphemistic
Semantic Field: alla
External Links

SUMO: ⊂ SubjectiveWeakNegativeAttribute

TempoWN: (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.000; Future: 0.128)

SentiWN: (+0.00 -0.75) MLSentiCon: (+0.25 -0.38)


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