swearword

noun

ˈswer-ˌwərd How to pronounce swearword (audio)
Definition of swearwordnext
as in curse
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression this is a list of swearwords that are not permitted on this radio program

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  1. curse
  2. swear
  3. expletive
  4. language
  5. profanity
  6. epithet
  7. vulgarism
Noun
  • Regardless of whether one sees it as a triumph or a curse, there is no reason to expect that low fertility will be reversed in any major way.
    Vegard Skirbekk, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Just one episode after breaking her family’s curse, Alice lies dead on the ground, and the witches—and especially Teen—are not happy.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of curse
Noun
  • There’s a heavy focus on Asia’s first One&Only spa, featuring a green caviar body exfoliation and an Augustinus Bader facial celebs swear by.
    Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Biggest takeaways from 'Hard Knocks' with Bears: An HBO show with no swears?
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
Definition of swear
Noun
  • In the postgame clubhouse following Game 5 of the National League Division Series, the expletives flowed as freely as showers of beer and champagne.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Finicky, unresponsive, uncomfortable, or unreliable bindings are the bane of any rider’s existence—a thorn in your side that, at best, leads to under-your-breath expletives while strapping in.
    Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of expletive
Noun
  • Yet research suggests that children up to age 5 can learn and process up to five languages.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Luckily, just in time, Nick whispers the one word in the (British) English language that instantly turns back the clock.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of language
Noun
  • Over the past decade, Trump’s tenure in the political arena has stirred far more mayhem than a grandma’s profanities and arm-tugging.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Duterte’s profanities became a trademark of his political persona and some regarded him as Asia’s Trump.
    Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of profanity
Noun
  • Today, the term is more often used as a negative epithet—but on her wise and poignant R&B album Heaux Tales, Jazmine Sullivan celebrates gossip’s emotional significance, showing the revelations and self-explorations that arise when women nurture community.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Risqué language and colorful ethnics epithets flowed as liberally as the liquor, drawing the ire of a nearby diner who, while not nearly as famous, was at least as wealthy and possibly more influential.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of epithet
Noun
  • As the Oxford English Dictionary notes, the expression not hardly is considered a vulgarism.
    NR Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The British cringed over new American accents, coinages and vulgarisms.
    Time, Time, 11 June 2019
Definition of vulgarism
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