dysphemize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "As applied to the Internet, Portland calls it "open access," while AT&T dysphemizes it as "forced access.""
- "Or will the Democratic convention treat the breathlessly watching nation to a credentials fight — dysphemized as a train wreck?"
Etymology
From dysphem(ism) + -ize.