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There are 11 words containing IPHRAS

ANTIPHRASES	• antiphrases n. Plural of antiphrasis. • antiphrases n. Plural of antiphrase. • ANTIPHRASIS n. the humorous or ironic use of a word or a phrase in a sense opposite of its usual meaning.
ANTIPHRASIS	• antiphrasis n. (Rhetoric) Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for… • ANTIPHRASIS n. the humorous or ironic use of a word or a phrase in a sense opposite of its usual meaning.
ANTIPHRASTIC	• antiphrastic adj. (Rhetoric) of, or relating to antiphrasis. • ANTIPHRASTIC adj. involving antiphrasis, ironical, also ANTIPHRASTICAL.
ANTIPHRASTICAL	• antiphrastical adj. (Rhetoric) Antiphrastic. • ANTIPHRASTICAL adj. (obsolete) involving antiphrasis, ironical, also ANTIPHRASTIC.
PERIPHRASE	• periphrase n. (Rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect… • periphrase v. (Transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution. • periphrase v. (Intransitive) To use circumlocution.
PERIPHRASED	• periphrased v. Simple past tense and past participle of periphrase. • PERIPHRASE v. to use more words than are necessary to express an idea.
PERIPHRASES	• periphrases n. Plural of periphrase. • periphrases n. Plural of periphrasis. • periphrases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of periphrase.
PERIPHRASING	• periphrasing v. Present participle of periphrase. • PERIPHRASE v. to use more words than are necessary to express an idea.
PERIPHRASIS	• periphrasis n. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going… • periphrasis n. (Linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather… • periphrasis n. (Rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).
PERIPHRASTIC	• periphrastic adj. Expressed in more words than are necessary. • periphrastic adj. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory. • periphrastic adj. (Grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.
PERIPHRASTICAL	• periphrastical adj. Alternative form of periphrastic. • PERIPHRASTICAL adj. of or like periphrasis, the use of longer phrasing in place of shorter form of expression, also PERIPHRASTIC.

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