euphemistic
adjective
uk/ˌjuː.fəˈmɪs.tɪk/us/ˌjuː.fəˈmɪs.tɪk/using a word or phrase inordertoavoidsaying a moreunpleasantoroffensiveword:
委婉的Cosmeticsurgerycomes withitsown new, euphemisticvocabulary: you aren't beingoperatedon, you are "getting something done".."整容手术有它自己一套新的委婉的词汇：你不是在做手术，你是在“搞定某件事”。
We aremastersof euphemisticlanguageand canprovidea sugar-coating to the mostunpalatableoftopics.我们是使用委婉语言的大师，可以为最令人不快的话题加一层粉饰。
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euphemism
- phrasesare fine-tuned to be euphemisticyetseeminglyprecise
- It wasimpossibleto be euphemistic about thebasicfactsofnaturewhen onelivedon astudfarm.
- Thehospitalshould have thecourageofitsconvictionsand nottrytohidebehind euphemisticstatements.
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- euphemism
- hedge
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obfuscation
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil
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Polite and respectful