'Euphemistic' definitions:
Definition of 'euphemistic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term" [syn: euphemistic, inoffensive] [ant: dysphemistic, offensive]
Definition of 'Euphemistic'
From: GCIDE
- Euphemistic \Eu`phe*mis"tic\, Euphemistical \Eu`phe*mis"tic*al\, a. Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression. -- {Eu`phe*mis"tic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'euphemistic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- elegant,
- euphuistic,
- exquisite,
- formalistic,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- mincing,
- namby-pamby,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- pedantic,
- precieuse,
- precious,
- precisian,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- puristic,
- simpering