00908672-a 'substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one';
 
Chinese (simplified) 攻击 用 , 得罪人 , 侮辱+的 , 冒犯 , 侮辱 , 得罪人+的 , 冒犯+的 , 攻击用
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'はアフリカ系アメリカ人の偽悪用語である
Relations
Antonym: euphemistic
Semantic Field: alla
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