cuss
2
8.6
- noun
- /kʌs/
- NSFW
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palabrota
- The movie was filled with cuss words that made it unsuitable for children.
- cuss word
All right, got to hit you with this favorite cuss word.
- All right, got to hit you with this favorite cuss word.
Examples
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Do you have to use so many cuss words?
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Maybe you can teach me a few cuss words.
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So how many cuss words is there?
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You talking about what you talking about with no cuss words in it so we can play it right in front of the kid.
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I had heard pretty much every known cuss word by the time I was 5 or 6.
Blog text (1) -
Sorry for the cuss words, but this is fighting fire with fire.
Blog text (11) -
You want me to take those cuss words out, don't you?
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I think the harm in cuss words is what it inflicts on a person's heart.
Blog text (26) -
I personally avoid cuss words wherever possible, but then I am a particularly saintly human being.
Blog text (29) -
And then he muttered a cuss word that had passed out of the vernacular forty years earlier.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
55
8.2
A rude word used to show strong anger or surprise
50
7.4
Sexual or rude material that offends people
49
3.9
A bad word said in anger
45
7.0
Strong rude words that shock or upset people
43
6.0
Words that are rude and upset people, often about religion
18
7.1
A word people think is rude or not polite
11
6.1
A rude word said to show strong anger or surprise
8
5.8
A rude word people say to show strong anger or surprise
1
6.1
A rude word that is not for children
1
8.6
A rude word people use when angry or to insult someone
1
7.2
A rude word people say when they are angry or surprised
1
9.2
An offensive or rude word considered inappropriate in polite speech
A rude word about sex or body parts
Idioms
How Offensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cuss as a swear word is a short form of curse, which once meant a spoken wish of bad luck and then any bad or profane word. So a 'cuss' is simply a swear word.