Synonyms of euphemize

euphemize

verb

as in to soften

Related Words

• soften
• sweeten
• poeticize
• idealize
• idolize
• romanticize
• canonize
• glamorize
• heroicize
• dignify
• deify
• adulate
• heroize
• glamour (up)
• ennoble
• aggrandize
• glorify
• enshrine
• enthrone
• magnify

Dissimilar Words

• minimize
• denigrate
• disparage
• decry
• deprecate
• belittle
• deglamorize
• put down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of euphemize

To translate Holocaust literature at a moment when genocide is not only a historical category but an active legal accusation exposes translators, editors, and institutions alike to pressures to contain, displace, or euphemize violence. — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026

Better offers an insightful, vital portrait of suicide that makes no attempt to euphemize or diminish its subject. — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025

Those words euphemize a cascade of traumas that have befallen higher education since Inauguration Day. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025

Later, their sad parts were endlessly euphemized until they could be mistaken for happy endings. — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023

And if a real crisis happens, as with Central Americans flooding through the southern border, euphemize it as someone else’s mess. — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021

First on the docket is hair loss (euphemized on its site as a bonsai tree shedding its leaves), with a $44-a-month box that includes DHT shampoo, a Minoxidil dropper, and Finasteride pills. — Grant Rindner, Esquire, 6 Dec. 2017