| Main Entry: | euphemism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nice way of saying something |
Synonyms: |
circumlocution, delicacy, floridness, grandiloquence, inflation, pomposity, pretense, purism |
| Notes: | dysphemism is the substitution of a disagreeable word or phrase for a neutral or positive one (also a word or phrase so substituted); it is the opposite of euphemism |
| Main Entry: | euphuism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inflation |
Synonyms: |
Gongorism, bombast, delicacy, floridness, fustian, grandiloquence, pomposity, purism, rhetoric, wordiness |