Extended Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

06605396-n 'an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one';

English

dysphemism ( ⊳ ⇔ )

Definitions

English: an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one
― his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter
Japanese: 無礼でない表現に代わる不快で批難の表現
― 彼の好きな偽悪語法は、バターが欲しいときに、車軸の潤滑油を求めることだった

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TempoWN: ◁ △ ▶ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.000; Future: 0.196)

SentiWN: △ ▼ (+0.00 -0.50) MLSentiCon: ▲ ▼ (+0.38 -0.62)