foul language
Words that offend
Foul language is speech considered offensive, vulgar, or obscene—cursing, swearing, profanity.
The phrase typically appears in complaints or prohibitions: There's no need for foul language, The coach was ejected for using foul language.
What counts as foul varies by context; words acceptable among friends may be inappropriate at work or around children.
- cussingUsing profane language
- curse wordsTaboo expletives
- dirty wordTaboo expression
- swearingProfane speech or vows
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
expletives · swear words · vulgarity · obscenity · invective · locker room talk · scatology · epithets · blasphemy · oaths · taboo words · four-letter words · filthy · censored · crude · raunchy · offensive · tirade
- cursescurse, curses, hex, hexes, jinx
- vulgarityvulgar humor, crude, crass, coarse, obscene
- adult humorblue humor, dirty jokes, dirty joke, bawdy humor, bawdy jokes
foul languagerefined language
Polished, cultivated speech
elevated language · formal language · eloquent speech · King's English · Queen's English
foul languageblessings
Favors from the divine
sacred language · prayer · hymns · benediction · scripture
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