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| Main Entry: |
swear
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare under oath |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assert, attest, avow, covenant, cross one's heart, depend on, depose, give one's word, give witness, have confidence in, maintain, make an affidavit, pledge oneself, plight, promise, rely on, say so, state, state under oath, swear by, swear to God, swear up and down, take an oath, testify, trust, vouch, vow, warrant |
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| 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 |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal attack |
| Synonyms: | bad-mouthing, blame, castigation, censure, curse, curses, defamation, derision, hosing, insults, invective, kicking around, knifing, libel, obloquy, opprobrium, pushing around, put-down, quinine, reproach, revilement, scolding, signifying, slander, swearing, tirade, upbraiding, vilification, vituperation |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
| Antonyms: | acclamation, adulation, approval, commendation, plaudit, praise |
| Main Entry: | affirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare the truth of something |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, cross heart, declare, guarantee, have a lock on, ice*, insist, lock up, maintain, nail down, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, put on ice, ratify, repeat, rubber-stamp, say so, set, state, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, testify, vouch, witness |
| Antonyms: | deny, negate, nullify, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insist, declare, maintain |
| Synonyms: | advance, affirm, allege, argue, asservate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, butt in, cite, claim, contend, defend, horn in, justify, mouth off, pop off, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, say, shoot off one's mouth, shoot one's wad, stand up for, state, stress, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant |
| Antonyms: | deny, reject |
| Main Entry: | assure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promise |
| Synonyms: | affirm, attest, aver, brace up, buck up, certify, confirm, give one's word, guarantee, pledge, swear, vouch for, vow |
| Main Entry: | attest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affirm, vouch for |
| Synonyms: | adjure, announce, argue, assert, asservate, authenticate, aver, bear out, bear witness, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, declare, demonstrate, display, exhibit, give evidence, indicate, prove, ratify, seal, show, substantiate, support, sustain, swear, testify, uphold, verify, warrant, witness |
| Antonyms: | deny |
| Main Entry: | avow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | state; profess |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, affirm, allow, assert, aver, avouch, concede, confess, cross one's heart, declare, grant, maintain, own up, proclaim, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down |
| Antonyms: | censure, condemn, deny, disclaim, disown, dispute, renounce, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | blasphemous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irreverent |
| Synonyms: | cursing, disrespectful, godless, impious, insulting, irreligious, profanatory, profane, sacrilegious, swearing, ungodly |
| Antonyms: | godly, pious, religious, respectful, reverent |
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