24 Examples of Euphemism and Dysphemism in Indonesian

Two of all kinds of figure of speech there are figure of speech euphemism and figure of speech dysphemism. Euphemism figure of speech is a figure of speech that serves to smooth a statement that is rude. This is done so that people who are not offended. Meanwhile, dysphemism is a figure of speech that serves to roughen a statement that is subtle.

In this article, we will find out what examples of these two figure of speeches look like. Examples of these two figure of speeches can be seen as follows!

A. Example Euphemism

1. The company has house number of employees, due to bankruptcy.
   • Home is a euphemism or refinement of the word fire.
2. Waitress it is very friendly to every customer.
   • Waitress is a euphemism of waitress.
3. Both of his parents have passed away since ten years ago.
   • passed away is a euphemism of the word died.
4. Both of his parents have separate since a month ago.
   • Split up is a euphemism of the word divorced.
5. Mrs. inem has officially become maid at Mrs. Nancy's house.
   • maid is a euphemism of maid.
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6. Since then, he's been pacing back and forth to bathroom.
   • Bathroom is a euphemism of toilet.
7. For the past three years, Yudha has become a jobless.
   • Jobless is a euphemism fromunemployment.
8. For the past year, Agus has become a homeless.
   • Homeless is a euphemism for tramp.
9. The corruptor was finally brought to the free hotel.
   • Hotel Prodeo is a euphemism of jail.
10. Since childhood, he has become a speech impaired.
    • Speech impaired is a euphemism of mute.
11. The criminal has been put into iron bars by the police.
    • iron bars is a euphemism of jail.
12. Compared to his friends, Shahnaz is a child who has different personalities.
    • Different personality is a dysphemism of the word strange.

B. Examples of Dysphemism

1. Burhan is boy from Arini.
   • boy is a dysphemism of the word husband.
2. Arini is no longer wifeit's Burhan.
   • wife is a dysphemism of the word wife.
3. John has kick from this company two weeks ago.
   • Kick is a dysphemism of the word dipceat.
4. That madman defecate carelessly.
   • defecate is a dysphemism of defecate.
5. That little boy pee carelessly.
   • pee is a dysphemism of urination.
6. The female cat is in the middle stump.
   • Pregnant is a dysphemism of pregnant.
7. Andini and Raihan have kwain last week.
   • Marry is a dysphemism of the word marriage.
8. Mrs. Ningsih has highlight his third child.
   • Accentuate is a dysphemism of the word give birth.
9. kids it's so hard to set up.
   • kids is a dysphemism of wordchildren.
10. dung he accidentally stepped on the chicken.
    • dung is a dysphemism of the word dirt.
11. That man is former her boyfriend.
    • Former is a dysphemism of the word ex.
12. Yesterday, Mr. Danar's wife give birth at the Jelita hospital.
    • give birth is a dysphemism of the word give birth.

Those are some examples of euphemism and dysphemism figure of speech in Indonesian. Hopefully it will be useful and able to provide new insights for all readers, both about figure of speech in particular, and languageIndonesia in general. Sorry if there are mistakes in this article. Thank you.

If the reader wants to add reference about the figure of speech, the reader can open the following articles, namely: example of asidenton and polysidenton figure of speech; examples of anaphora and metaphor; example of litotes and hyperbole figure of speech; as well as articles example of hyperbole and personification figure of speech.