06605396-n 'an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one';
 
Czech dysfemizmus
Chinese (simplified) 粗直语
English dysphemism ( )
Italian disfemismo
Definitions
Japanese
無礼でない表現に代わる不快で批難の表現
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
Relations
Hyponym: old_man bus
Hypernym: saying
Antonym: euphemism
Semantic Field: communicationn
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