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adjective (a)

• substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one(adj.all)

  Example:
  `peepee' is a common euphemistic term.
  

  Synonym:
  inoffensive
  Antonym:
  dysphemistic, offensive
  

  source: wordnet30
• Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression.(adjective)

  source: webster1913