Epithet - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈepɪθet|  American pronunciation of the word epithet
Brit.  |ˈepɪθet|  British pronunciation of the word epithet

noun

- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase (syn: name)
- descriptive word or phrase

Extra examples

His charitable works have earned him the epithet “Mr. Philanthropy.”

Many were offended by her use of racial epithets.

All these epithets are honorific or humilific terms.

They pelted overseers with stones and epithets.

He hardly deserves the epithet 'fascist'.

Word forms

noun
singular: epithet
plural: epithets
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