cuss out
Swear at someone
To cuss out someone is to berate them with profanity, delivering an angry verbal attack peppered with obscenities: She cussed him out for denting her car.
The phrase implies sustained, heated swearing directed at a specific person, not just casual profanity.
More common in American English than British.
- lambasteScold with ferocity
- rip intoAttack with harsh words
- curseInvoked harm through words
- chastiseReprimand severely for wrongdoing
- vituperateCriticize with abusive language
swear at · invective · vilify · revile · condemn · diatribe · tirade · denounce · read the riot act · berate · scold · give an earful · upbraid · insult · profanity · swear · reprimand · rebuke
emotional restraint
cuss outtalk it out
keep one's cool · bite one's tongue · clear the air · hold one's peace
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