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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swearword |
| Synonyms: | blasphemy, curse, cussword, expletive, four-letter word, obscenity |
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
| Synonyms: | abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, cast out, castigate, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, pan, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, thunder against |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
| Antonyms: | bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
| Main Entry: | expletive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swear word; exclamation |
| Synonyms: | curse, cuss, cuss word, interjection, oath |
| Main Entry: | malediction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curse |
| Synonyms: | anathema, commination, curse word, cuss, cuss word, damn, damnation, damning, darn, denunciation, dirty name, dirty word, execration, expletive, four-letter word, imprecation, jinx, no-no, oath, swear word, whammy |
| Antonyms: | blessing |
| Main Entry: | oath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curse |
| Synonyms: | blasphemy, cuss, cuss word, dirty name, dirty word, expletive, four-letter word, imprecation, malediction, no-no, profanity, strong language, swearword |
| Antonyms: | kindness, pleasantry |
| Main Entry: | profane |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defile, desecrate |
| Synonyms: | abuse, be evil, befoul, blaspheme, commit sacrilege, commit sin, contaminate, curse, cuss, damn, darn, debase, despoil, do wrong, flame, hoodoo, misuse, mock, mudsling, pervert, pollute, prostitute, put double whammy on, revile, scorn, swear, talk dirty, tar, trash, vice, violate, vitiate, voodoo |
| Antonyms: | cleanse, purify |
| Main Entry: | profanity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foul language |
| Synonyms: | abuse, blasphemy, curse, cursing, cuss, cuss word, dirty language, dirty name, dirty word, execration, four-letter word, impiety, imprecation, irreverence, malediction, no-no, obscenity, profaneness, sacrilege, swearing, swearword, taboo |
| Antonyms: | clean language |
| Main Entry: | swear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak profanely; be vulgar |
| Synonyms: | be foul-mouthed, bedamn, blaspheme, curse, cuss, execrate, flame*, imprecate, take name in vain, talk dirty, use bad language, utter profanity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foul language |
| Synonyms: | bad language, blasphemy, cursing, cuss, cussing, dirty language, dirty name, dirty talk, dirty word, execration, expletives, four-letter word, imprecation, malediction, no-no, profanity, swearword |
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