EUPHEMIZES Synonyms

• a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade

• United States composer (1910-1981)

• perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of

• an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something

• fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background

• device or stratagem for concealment or deceit

• the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance

• disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something

• an upholstered seat for more than one person

• a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

• a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment

• formulate in a particular style or language

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

• represent as less significant or important

• understate the importance or quality of

• a covering to disguise or conceal the face

• activity that tries to conceal something

• a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

• a protective covering worn over the face

• hide under a false appearance

• put a mask on or cover with a mask

• make unrecognizable

• cover with a sauce

• shield from light

• 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 more beautiful

• 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

• 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

• a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

• wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces

• a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

• cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

• cover with whitewash

• exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

• refer to something with a euphemism