Thesaurus:swear
(Redirected from Thesaurus:cuss)
English edit
Verb edit
Sense: to use offensive language edit
Synonyms edit
- swear
- blaspheme
- curse
- curse like a pagan
- curse like a trooper
- curse like a sailor
- cuss [⇒ thesaurus]
- eff and blind (British, slang)
- eff and jeff (British, slang)
- execrate (archaic)
- imprecate
- swear like a cutter
- swear like a pagan
- swear like a trooper
- swear like a sailor
- turn the air blue (idiomatic)
- vilify
Antonyms edit
- mind one's language (idiomatic)
Hyponyms edit
- drop the f-bomb (idiomatic)
- outswear
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “908. malediction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “swear” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.