swearword

noun

profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

- expletives were deleted

• Derivationally related forms: ↑cuss (for: ↑cuss), ↑swear (for: ↑swearing), ↑curse (for: ↑curse)

• Hypernyms: ↑profanity

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[noun]

oath, curse, expletive, four-letter word, obscenity, profanity

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

: a profane or obscene oath or word : expletive

we strove after the most dreadful words we knew, and they were our father's swearwords — Eden Phillpotts

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/swair"werrd'/, n.

a word used in swearing or cursing; a profane or obscene word.

[1880-85, Amer.; SWEAR + WORD]

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swearword UK [ˈsweə(r)ˌwɜː(r)d] US [ˈswerˌwɜrd] noun [countable] [singular swearword plural swearwords]

a word that people use when they swear and that a lot of people consider offensive

Thesaurus: offensive words and language_synonym

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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