swear word
Curse you utter
A swear word is a word considered offensive, vulgar, or taboo—the kind you're told not to say in polite company.
Swear words typically involve sex, bodily functions, religion, or slurs: fuck, shit, damn, bitch.
Children learn early which words are swear words, often by getting in trouble for using them.
Also called curse words, cuss words, or profanity.
- curseInvoked harm through words
- expletiveProfane emotional utterance
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- foul languageObscene or vulgar speech
bad language · blasphemy · damn · vulgarity · hell · sacrilege · potty mouth · oath · pardon my French · taboo language · rated R · shout · slur · cuss · anger · crude · kiss my ass · tongue
- slangslang, jargon, lingo, argot, cant
- word phraseslost for words, at a loss for words, in other words, put into words, beyond words
- cursescurse, curses, hex, hexes, jinx
- linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
swear wordpolite expression
Courteous phrase
euphemism · pleasantry · courtesy · nicety · clean language
swear wordblessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
term of endearment · benediction · compliment · sweet nothing · praise
swear wordblessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
prayer · benediction · sacred word · holy name · invocation
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