euphemistic

• Of ravish, Peters writes, "the two kinds of meaning have their respective clichés in ravished virgins and ravished audiences, which are symptomatic of the fact that the word is usually either euphemistic or hyperbolic."
• It's often derided as euphemistic, inaccurate or imprecise, even when it's none of those things.
• The administration sought to justify the unjustifiable by coining the euphemistic doublespeak of "roughing up". —  Stabroek News
• That's why abortion supporters have to use all kind of euphemistic language to speak about abortion. —  Ontario Blogs Feed
• Nick Davis: "There is nothing clever, euphemistic, or hyperbolic about this admission: I have never been so scared in any movie as I was during the last half-hour or so of for the House Next Door:" [T] he whole book is an invitation. —  GreenCine Daily

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