euphemized
euphemized is the simple past and past participle of euphemize.
Meaning of euphemize
Verb
euphemize (third-person singular simple present euphemizes, present participle euphemizing, simple past and past participle euphemized)
- To utter one or more euphemisms; to speak euphemistically.
- There seems to be some support here for the claim that the older group felt a greater need to euphemize in the two contexts in question.1999, A. J. Meier, “When Is a Woman a Lady?”, in American Speech, volume 74, number 1, page 63
- To describe in euphemistic terms.
- The pools in general are bedded with black mud, and creamed over with oily flakes which may proceed from the tar on the vessels' sides, and may also from "decomposing animal matter," as we euphemise it now-a-days.1857, Charles Kingsley, chapter 2, in Two Years Ago
Questions about euphemized
- What is euphemized the simple past and past participle of?
- Euphemized is the simple past and past participle of euphemize.
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