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DYSPHEMISM

Dictionary entry overview: What does dysphemism mean?

• DYSPHEMISM (noun)
The noun DYSPHEMISM has 1 sense:

1. an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one

Familiarity information: DYSPHEMISM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DYSPHEMISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter

Hypernyms ("dysphemism" is a kind of...):

expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dysphemism"):

bus; heap; jalopy (a car that is old and unreliable)

old man (an informal term for your father)

Antonym:

euphemism (an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive)

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