swear wordnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsweə ˌwɜːd/us/ˈswer ˌwɝːd/a rude or offensive word:
All swear words, even mild ones such as "damn",, were deleted from the text.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Swearing and blasphemy
- bad language
- blasphemous
- blasphemy
- cuss
- damn
- dirty word
- eff
- expletive
- four-letter word
- imprecation
- profane
- profanity
- strong language
- swear
- swear like a trooper idiom
- swearing
- the F-word
- trooper
- wash
- wash your mouth out (with soap/soapy water) idiom
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