Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to euphemize
Participle: euphemized
Gerund: euphemizing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | euphemize |
| you | euphemize |
| he;she;it | euphemizes |
| we | euphemize |
| you | euphemize |
| they | euphemize |
Perfect
| I | have euphemized |
| you | have euphemized |
| he;she;it | has euphemized |
| we | have euphemized |
| you | have euphemized |
| they | have euphemized |
Past
| I | euphemized |
| you | euphemized |
| he;she;it | euphemized |
| we | euphemized |
| you | euphemized |
| they | euphemized |
Pluperfect
| I | had euphemized |
| you | had euphemized |
| he;she;it | had euphemized |
| we | had euphemized |
| you | had euphemized |
| they | had euphemized |
Future
| I | will euphemize |
| you | will euphemize |
| he;she;it | will euphemize |
| we | will euphemize |
| you | will euphemize |
| they | will euphemize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have euphemized |
| you | will have euphemized |
| he;she;it | will have euphemized |
| we | will have euphemized |
| you | will have euphemized |
| they | will have euphemized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | euphemize |
| you | euphemize |
| he;she;it | euphemize |
| we | euphemize |
| you | euphemize |
| they | euphemize |
Perfect
| I | have euphemized |
| you | have euphemized |
| he;she;it | have euphemized |
| we | have euphemized |
| you | have euphemized |
| they | have euphemized |
Imperfect
| I | euphemized |
| you | euphemized |
| he;she;it | euphemized |
| we | euphemized |
| you | euphemized |
| they | euphemized |
Pluperfect
| I | had euphemized |
| you | had euphemized |
| he;she;it | had euphemized |
| we | had euphemized |
| you | had euphemized |
| they | had euphemized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would euphemize |
| you | would euphemize |
| he;she;it | would euphemize |
| we | would euphemize |
| you | would euphemize |
| they | would euphemize |
Perfect
| I | would have euphemized |
| you | would have euphemized |
| he;she;it | would have euphemized |
| we | would have euphemized |
| you | would have euphemized |
| they | would have euphemized |
Imperative
| you | euphemize |
| we | Let's euphemize |
| you | euphemize |
Verbs conjugated like 'euphemize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'euphemize'
euphemise,
euphonize,
euphuize,
alchemize,
aphetize,
dysphemize,
emblemize,
emphasize,
etherize,
euhemerize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from euphemism with the suffix -ize. Compare Ancient Greek εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō).
Sample Sentences
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There seems to be some support here for the claim that the older group felt a greater need to euphemize in the two contexts in question. [1999, A. J. Meier, “When Is a Woman a Lady?”, in American Speech, volume 74, number 1, page 63:]
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The pools in general are bedded with black mud, and creamed over with oily flakes which may proceed from the tar on the vessels' sides, and may also from "decomposing animal matter," as we euphemise it now-a-days. [1857, Charles Kingsley, chapter 2, in Two Years Ago:]