EUPHEMIZE Synonyms

• make small or insignificant

• represent as less significant or important

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

• to temper

• make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing

• make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features

• make (images or sounds) soft or softer

• lessen in force or effect

• give in, as to influence or pressure

• protect from impact

• make less severe or harsh

• make soft or softer

• become soft or softer

• coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

• cause to appear more pleasant or appealing

• represent as less significant or important

• a garment that covers the head and face

• a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

• the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

• a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

• to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• To place insufficient emphasis on.

• treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly

• cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

• refer to something with a euphemism