All weasel word synonyms
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W w noun weasel word
- deceptiveness — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- waffling — to talk foolishly or without purpose; idle away time talking.
- coverup — an attempt to keep blunders, crimes, etc. from being disclosed
- amphibology — ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
- euphemism — A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.