cusses
Lets expletives fly
Cusses is the plural of cuss, a mild term for curse words or swear words: He let out a string of cusses when he dropped the hammer.
As a verb form, cusses means utters profanity: She cusses like a sailor.
Cuss carries a folksy, slightly humorous tone—less formal than curse, more acceptable in polite company.
Vows or curses
- cursesSworn oaths or hexes
- expletivesVulgar exclamations
- obscenitiesGrossly offensive language
- blasphemesInsults the sacred
damns · hells · f-bombs · crudities · oaths · imprecations · maledictions · epithets
Violent emotional eruptions
- fumesAirborne chemical irritants
- rantsLengthy angry speeches
- eruptsViolently discharges material
- explodesBursts apart violently
seethes · vents · snaps · storms · bristles · fulminate · hollers · yells
Scolds severely
- scoldsHarshly criticizes aloud
- chastisesVerbally disciplines for wrongdoing
- reprimandsFormal expressions of disapproval
- denouncesPublicly criticizes harshly
reviles · vilifies · tongue-lashes · lambasts · upbraids · admonishes · reproaches · castigates
swears
Vows or curses
- cursesSworn oaths or hexes
- expletivesVulgar exclamations
- obscenitiesGrossly offensive language
blasphemes · damns · hells · f-bombs · crudities · oaths · imprecations · maledictions · epithets · invectives
rages
Violent emotional eruptions
explodes · seethes · vents · snaps · storms · bristles · fulminate · hollers · yells · shouts
berates
Scolds severely
- scoldsHarshly criticizes aloud
- chastisesVerbally disciplines for wrongdoing
- reprimandsFormal expressions of disapproval
denounces · reviles · vilifies · tongue-lashes · lambasts · upbraids · admonishes · reproaches · castigates · excoriates
- cuss wordTaboo spoken term
- cuss outScold with profanity
- cussed outScolded with profanity
- cussing outScolding with profanity
- cusses outScolds using profanity
- what the cussEuphemistic exclamation of frustration