Associations to the word «Dysphemistic»

Noun

DYSPHEMISTIC, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism

DYSPHEMISTIC, adjective. Substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'".

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Geoffrey Chaucer