Thesaurus:swearing
English edit
Noun edit
Sense: swearing; offensive language edit
Synonyms edit
- billingsgate (plural)
- blasphemy
- curse
- cuss [⇒ thesaurus]
- cussword
- expletive
- imprecation
- invective
- malediction
- oath
- obscenity
- profanity (plural)
- swear [⇒ thesaurus]
- swear word [⇒ thesaurus]
- vituperation (plural)
- vulgarity (plural)
- French
- —
- dirty word
- foul language
- four letter word
- industrial language (UK, informal)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “908. malediction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “swearing” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.