Across
- 4. When a words meaning gets more negative over time
- 5. A polite or mild word/phrase substituted for one considered to blunt
- 7. When a word moves from having a negative connotation to a neutral or positive one
- 9. When a word's meaning becomes more general
Down
- 1. Words together have a figurative meaning different from the literal definitions of the individual words
- 2. When a words meaning becomes weaker
- 3. Figure of speech that compares two different things by stating one thing is actually another
- 6. When a word loses one meaning and takes on another
- 8. Something with a larger meaning becoming smaller