swear word
Noun
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Noun
swear word (plural swear words)
- A word considered taboo and impolite or offensive.
- When I heard swear words from the next room, I decided to keep my distance.
- (in the singular) curse, curse word, cuss, dirty word, expletive, four-letter word, oath
- (in the plural) the plurals of all the synonyms for the singular form, as well as the following, which are all uncountable: bad language, French, strong language, swearing
- See also Thesaurus:swear word
- French: juron, gros mot
- German: Schimpfwort, Fluch, Kraftausdruck, Schimpfwort
- Italian: parolaccia
- Portuguese: palavrão
- Russian: руга́тельство
- Spanish: palabrota, (Chile) garabato, (Latin America) grosería, (Peru) lisura, (Latin America) mala palabra, (Spain) taco, palabro, ordinariez
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