00908483-a 'substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one';
 
Chinese (simplified) 委婉+的 , 委婉 , 婉言
English euphemistic ( ⊳ ⇔ ) , inoffensive
Italian eufemistico
Japanese 婉曲 , 差し障りのない
Definitions
Japanese
きつく、悪い言葉にかえてやさしい言葉にする
― 「ピーピー」は共通の婉曲表現用語である
English
substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one
― `peepee' is a common euphemistic term
Relations
Antonym: dysphemistic
Semantic Field: alla
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