Word: malphemisms
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mal
phe
mi
sms
Definition: Plural of malphemism; an expression with connotations that are derogatory either about the subject matter or to the audience
Morphemes:
Affix: mal-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad, badly as in maladjusted, malcontent - faulty, faultily as in malfunction
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mal-
Language: fro
Decoded: mal-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad; badly
Affix: euphemism
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: εὖ
Language: grc
Decoded: eu
Meaning: well
Affix: φήμη
Language: grc
Decoded: pheme
Meaning: a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.