dysphemistic

1. 1.

   of or the nature of dysphemism

   “`kick the bucket' is a dysphemistic term for `die'”

   Antonymseuphemistic

Questions about dysphemistic

What does dysphemistic mean?

dysphemistic means "of or the nature of dysphemism".

How many syllables are in dysphemistic?

dysphemistic has 4 syllables and divides as dy-sphe-mi-stic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of dysphemistic?

The recorded antonyms are euphemistic.

Is dysphemistic a common word?

dysphemistic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.