outswear
Beat in profanity
To outswear is to surpass someone in swearing—either in the quantity or intensity of profanity: The sailors tried to outswear each other.
Less commonly, it can mean to overcome by swearing an oath, as in legal or formal contexts where one oath supersedes another.
Invoked harm through words
- cussSpeak profanely
- blasphemeInsult the divine
- expletiveProfane emotional utterance
- obscenityIndecent word or act
vulgarity · foulness · invective · vituperation · imprecation · scurrility · epithets · tirade
Solemn personal commitment
- pledgeBinding promise given
- oathFormal binding promise
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- attestationFormal declaration confirming truth
affirmation · declaration · avowal · troth · abjure · renounce · testimony · witness
curse
Invoked harm through words
obscenity · vulgarity · foulness · invective · vituperation · imprecation · scurrility · epithets · tirade · blue streak
vow
Solemn personal commitment
attestation · affirmation · declaration · avowal · troth · abjure · renounce · testimony · witness