swore
Cursed or pledged
Swore is the past tense of swear.
Someone who swore made an oath or promise: She swore to tell the truth.
Swore also means used profanity: He swore when he stubbed his toe.
The past participle is sworn: They had sworn allegiance.
Binding promise given
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- promiseCommitment to act
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- covenantBinding formal pledge
bond · allegiance · fealty · troth · affirmation · declaration · avowal · word of honor
Expressed in words
- shoutedSpoke very loudly
- yelledSpoke very loudly
- screamedUttered a piercing cry
- snarledGrowled or knotted
sneered · snapped · shrieked · screeched · sputtered · stammered · stuttered · sobbed
One who attests
- testifiedDeclared under oath
- affidavitSworn written statement
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
perjury · subpoena · evidence · under oath · cross-examination · trial · witness stand · Bible
pledge
Binding promise given
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- promiseCommitment to act
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
covenant · bond · allegiance · fealty · troth · affirmation · declaration · avowal · word of honor · guarantee
stated
Expressed in words
snarled · sneered · snapped · shrieked · screeched · sputtered · stammered · stuttered · sobbed · sighed
witness
One who attests
- testifiedDeclared under oath
- affidavitSworn written statement
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
courtroom · perjury · subpoena · evidence · under oath · cross-examination · trial · witness stand · Bible · truth
expletive
Profane emotional utterance
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
blasphemy · cursing · cussing · foul language · coarse · crude · vulgar · offensive · taboo · four-letter word
sworebit one's tongue
Stopped oneself from speaking
blessed · praised · complimented · euphemized · minced words
sworeblessed
Receiving divine favor
prayed · praised · sanctified · consecrated · glorified
- sworn inFormally bound by oath
- could've swornFelt completely certain
- could have swornFelt completely certain mistakenly
- swore like a trooperUsed constant vulgar language
- sworn enemyVowed lifelong adversary
- sworn enemiesAdversaries committed to opposition