call ... euphemistically

Frequency: 4.51.8 per million words

To refer to something using a milder or more indirect term.

euphemisticallyVERB + euphemistically

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Examples (10)

  • They euphemistically call layoffs 'restructuring'.
  • The politician euphemistically called the tax increase a 'revenue enhancement'.
  • The prison was euphemistically called a 'correctional facility'.
  • They will likely call the budget cuts 'efficiency savings' euphemistically.
  • What was once considered spying is now euphemistically called 'intelligence gathering'.
  • Euphemistically calling torture 'enhanced interrogation' doesn't change what it is.
  • She would euphemistically call her financial struggles a 'period of transition'.
  • The military often has to euphemistically call civilian deaths 'collateral damage'.
  • Let's not euphemistically call it 'downsizing'; people are losing their jobs.
  • He was fired, or as the company would euphemistically call it, 'let go'.