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单词 four-letter words
释义

four-letter word

noun

: any of a group of vulgar or obscene words typically made up of four letters
broadly : a taboo word or topic
tax is a four-letter word to him

Synonyms

  • curse
  • cuss
  • cussword
  • dirty word
  • expletive
  • obscenity
  • profanity
  • swear
  • swearword
  • vulgarism
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web For many of us who live here, our power company, Pacific Gas and Electric, or PG&E, is considered a four-letter word. W. Kamau Bell, CNN, 28 July 2022 Stafford once learned that Neil’s punishment for accidentally saying a certain four-letter word in class was copying its lengthy entry from the Oxford English Dictionary. Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 17 May 2022 During Sunday's Game 4 loss at Smoothie King Center, a very large percentage of the sellout crowd of 18,962 repeatedly shouted ''F Jae Crowder'' (though using the full four-letter word). Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2022 Name another that didn’t treat access as a four-letter word. Tom Noie, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2022 Spending is a four-letter word today, so keep your wallet shut tight. Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022 In adventure and disability circles alike, help is a four-letter word. Christian Mcmahon, Outside Online, 18 June 2021 Socializing might have felt like a four-letter word ever since foggy Neptune turned retrograde in Pisces and your 11th House of Community earlier this year. Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 1 Dec. 2021 The biggest question for Cathedral Catholic going into its Open Division semifinal playoff game against Mission Hills centered around a four-letter word: rust. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

four-letter words

noun

plural of four-letter word
as in dirty words
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression clapped her hands over the toddler's ears so he wouldn't hear the four-letter word

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dirty words
  • curses
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  • swears
  • expletives
  • vulgarisms
  • profanities
  • swearwords
  • cusswords
  • obscenities
  • epithets
  • cusses
  • scurrilities
  • names
  • bawdries
  • maledictions
  • imprecations
  • oaths
  • execrations
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