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cuss

[kuhs] / kʌs /


VERB
swear
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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“But as long as disabled people are killed for being disabled,” he said, “I will rage against the night and we will light candles as protest and we will cuss and we will pray.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2023

There’s not much sense in being the richest miserable cuss in the cemetery.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2022

She doesn't cuss more than other athletes — or their coaches.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2022

Reintroducing the Colonel and branding him as “The Original Celebrity Chef” represented a strategic imperative for KFC, especially in the time before “foodie” became a tiresome cuss word of its own.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2020

“You don’t have to cuss me,” Gus said.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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