fecking
- adjective
- /ˈfɛkɪŋ/
- NSFW
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maldito
- There's a fecking lot more than those four entities.
Examples
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If you think I'll do that, you're fecking mistaken.
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I can't believe that fecking thing broke again!
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He was fecking angry when he found out the truth.
Synonyms
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9.9
A rude strong word people use to show anger or surprise
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6.7
Said to show anger, surprise or annoyance
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9.9
A mild swear people use to add emphasis or show anger
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9.5
Appears before verbs or adjectives to make them stronger
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9.9
A rude strong word used before an adjective or noun to show strong feeling
1
9.9
A mildly rude word people use to show strong annoyance in Britain
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9.5
A word people use to add strong feeling to another word
A word that makes another word stronger, often to show anger or surprise
To make what you say sound stronger, like a mild swear
A word people use to show strong feeling without rude words
An informal word placed before another word to add strong feeling
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
fecking = feck (transparent) = feck + ing
Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ing' to the expletive 'feck', producing an intensifier in line with similar formations (e.g., 'fucking').
Etymology
Fecking comes from the Irish exclamation feck, a softer form of the strong swear fuck. A helpful way to remember it is to think of fecking like the word effect, adding extra 'force' to a sentence, so it shows strong annoyance or emphasis.