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Showing words for DYSPHEMISM using the English dictionary
10 Letter Words for Dysphemism
dysphemism
9 Letter Words for Dysphemism
demyships
8 Letter Words for Dysphemism
demyship, shimmeys
7 Letter Words for Dysphemism
deyship, memphis, physeds, shimmed, shimmey
6 Letter Words for Dysphemism
deisms, demiss, dimpsy, dipsey, dishes, dismes, hissed, immesh, medism, mimsey, missed, mysids, physed, physes, physid, physis, pished, pishes, pissed, sepsid, shedim, shimmy, spyism
5 Letter Words for Dysphemism
deism, dimes, dimmy, dimps, dipsy, dishy, disme, emmys, emyds, heids, hemps, hempy, hesps, hides, hiems, hissy, hyped, hypes, idems, imped, imshy, ishes, meshy, messy, mimed, mimes, mimsy, mises, missy, mysid, mysis, phies, seism, semih, semis, sheds, shide, shied, shies, shims, ships, sides, sidhe, simps, siped, sipes, spide, spied, spies, spise, syped, sypes, syphs, yipes, ympes
4 Letter Words for Dysphemism
deis, demi, demy, desi, dess, deys, diem, dies, dime, dims, dips, dish, disp, dyes, edhs, emmy, emyd, emys, espy, heid, hemp, hems, heps, hesp, heys, hide, hidy, hied, hies, himp, hims, hipe, hips, hiss, hyde, hyed, hyes, hype, hyps, idem, ides, immy, imps, impy, ipse, ised, isms, ismy, mdse, meds, mems, mesh, mess, mide, mids, mime, mimp, mips, miss, misy, peds, pehs, pess, phis, phys, pied, pies, pise, pish, piss, psid, psis, pyes, seis, semi, sepd, seps, seys, shed, shem, shes, shim, ship, side, sidh, sids, sidy, sime, simp, sims, sipe, sips, sise, sish, sped, spie, ssed, syed, syes, sype, syph, yeps, yids, yipe, yips, ympe
3 Letter Words for Dysphemism
dei, dem, dep, des, dey, die, dim, dip, dis, dph, dpi, dsp, dye, dys, edh, edp, eds, ehs, emp, ems, epi, esd, esm, esp, ess, hed, hei, hem, hep, hes, hey, hid, hie, him, hip, his, hmm, hyd, hye, hyp, ide, idp, ids, ihp, ihs, imp, iph, ipm, ips, ise, ish, ism, med, meh, mei, mem, mes, mid, mim, mis, mph, msh, mss, mym, mys, ped, peh, pes, phd, phi, pid, pie, pis, pms, psi, pye, sds, sed, sei, sem, sep, sey, she, shi, shp, shy, sie, sim, sip, sis, sps, spy, sse, ssh, ssp, sye, sym, yds, yed, yeh, yep, yes, yid, yip, yis
Definitions for Dysphemism
[1] the substitution of a harsh, disparaging, or unpleasant expression for a more neutral one.
[2] an expression so substituted, as “cancer stick” for “cigarette.”
[3] substitution of a derogatory or offensive word or phrase for an innocuous one
[4] the word or phrase so substituted
Words nearby Dysphemism
dyspeptic, dysphagia, dysphagocytosis, dysphasia, dysphemia, dysphemism, dysphonia, dysphoria, dysphoric hypomania, dysphrasia, dyspigmentation
Origin of Dysphemism
First recorded in 1880–85; dys- + (eu)phemism
Other words from Dysphemism
dys·phe·mis·tic , adjective
Word origin for Dysphemism
C19: dys- + euphemism