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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