| NOUN | communication | dysphemism | an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one |
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| Meaning | An offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one. | |
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| Example | "his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter" | |
| Narrower | bus, jalopy, heap | A car that is old and unreliable |
| old man | An informal term for your father | |
| Broader | saying, expression, locution | A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations |
| Opposite | euphemism | An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh |
| Spanish | disfemismo | |
| Catalan | disfemisme, disfemismo | |
| Adjectives | dysphemistic | substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one |
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