euphemize

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Recent Examples of euphemize Those words euphemize a cascade of traumas that have befallen higher education since Inauguration Day. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025 Later, their sad parts were endlessly euphemized until they could be mistaken for happy endings. Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023 Why euphemize? oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2021 Remembering is dangerous when attachments are so tenuous; better to isolate, to distance or to euphemize. David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021 And if a real crisis happens, as with Central Americans flooding through the southern border, euphemize it as someone else’s mess. Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021 The molestation of a child by a pedophile is rape and needs to be characterized as such without euphemizing the act by calling it abuse. WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019 First on the docket is hair loss (euphemized on its site as a bonsai tree shedding its leaves), with a $44-a-month box that includes DHT shampoo, a Minoxidil dropper, and Finasteride pills. Grant Rindner, Esquire, 6 Dec. 2017 In 1944, a Warner Bros. cartoon euphemized World War II through Bugs Bunny and ice cream. Matt Siegel, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for euphemize
Verb
  • Its rich, tinted formula softens without compromising pigment making Eadem’s Lip Softening Balm a no-fuss makeup staple that will leave you looking primped on the go and after a long day.
    Valerie Butler, Essence, 28 May 2025
  • Within days, Wall Street firms softened their forecasts of a recession.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • Rather than relying on heavy sweetness, Persian desserts are lightly sweetened and perfumed with aromatics like rosewater, cardamom, and saffron.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Friends become family when Venus sweetens things up in Taurus, and your 11th house of associations, community and social networks.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • The internet certainly doesn’t poeticize it for me.
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Santo Loquasto's set doesn't poeticize the ambience.
    Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 10 May 2018

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“Euphemize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/euphemize. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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