Dictionary entry

Euphemistically

Pronunciation: /'ju:fǝmÇzǝm/ /-kli/

Pronunciation

/'ju:fǝmÇzǝm/ /-kli/

Myanmar Meaning

(adv) စကားနု စကားယဉ်နှင့် ဆိုင်စွာ။ စကားလှနှင့်ဆိုင်စွာ ။

Definition

euphemism /'ju:fǝmÇzǝm/ n ~ (for sth) စကားႏု စကားယဥ္။ စကားလွ။ ‘Pass away’ is a euphemism for ‘die’. ❍ The government admitted there were ‘problems’—a slight euphemism, given the thousands of people without food, water or shelter. euphemistic / ju:fǝ'mÇstÇk/ adj (ဤအဘိဓာန္၌ euph ဟု အတိုေကာက္သံုးသည္။ ) euphemistic language/expressions/terms. euphemistically /-kli/ adv

Examples

  1. ‘Social exclusion’ seems to be the latest euphemism for poverty.