swear word
noun/swɛə(ɹ)wɜːd/UK/swɛɹ wɝd/US
Definitions
A word considered obscene and vulgar or offensive.
- Near-synonyms: epithet, four-letter word; (uncountable) bad language, strong language, French
- When I heard swear words from the next room, I decided to keep my distance.
- Your kid said nasty swear words to me this morning.
A word that escapes someone's mind (and therefore often also their mouth) in a nearly…
A word that escapes someone's mind (and therefore often also their mouth) in a nearly automatic way when the person is under duress, mental stress or distress, etc; such words are often obscene and vulgar or offensive.
- Near-synonyms: dirty word, curse word, naughty word, curse, epithet, four-letter word; (uncountable) bad language, strong language, French
The neighborhood
- synonymbad word
- synonymcurse
- synonymcurse word
- synonymcuss
- synonymcussword
- synonymdirty word
- synonymexpletive
- synonymfoul word
- synonymfour-letter word
- synonymmalediction
- synonymoath
- synonymobscenity
- neighborbowdlerization
- neighborexpurgation
- neighborbillingsgate
- neighborblasphemy
- neighborvulgar
- neighborvituperation
- neighborswearing
- neighborword
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for swear word. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA