swearword
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈswɛrˌwɝd/
- Offensive
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palabrota
- It contains swearwords, rape, racism, pornography, self-harm, suicide, domestic violence, heroin and marijuana use, a character who contemplates child abuse, and graphic descriptions of sex.
Examples
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Teachers usually discourage students from using swearwords in the classroom.
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Matthew says, truly shocked to hear an English swearword out of his mother's mouth.
Fiction book (1997) -
Their voices are young, and all he can make out are the swearwords.
Fiction book (1992) -
I believe it's rooted in the fact that it'll take another generation or two until the world "gay" stops being a swearword.
Blog text (2) -
They've heard every swearword we've ever spoken.
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You said a swearword.
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MB/Bre are swearwords in most hackerspace 3D printer circles.
Blog text (7) -
Mostly about the divorce and their father's absence from their lives, but also the meaning of swearwords, the reasons people were so often unkind to one another, pregnancy and childbirth, sex, and all its intricacies.
Fiction book (2001) -
Yes, I can do that. All her desire to be a nurse, all her open, generous nature brought into play, would be stymied some years later when, wanting to train as a nurse, her mother said, shocking her with the only swearword she'd ever heard her mother say, "I won't have you wiping up other people's shit."
Fiction book (1992) -
The constant noise of the crowd, the breath and hum, a basso rumble building now and then, the genderness of what they share in their experience of the game, or how a man will scratch his wrist or shape a line of swearwords.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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6.7
Said to show anger, surprise or annoyance
659
9.2
Shows strong anger, annoyance, or surprise in rude informal speech
441
9.9
A rude word said to show anger or insult someone
121
9.9
Shows strong anger or annoyance in a rude way
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8.2
A rude word used to show strong anger or surprise
50
7.4
Sexual or rude material that offends people
50
9.9
A rude strong swear word people say when angry or frustrated
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3.9
A bad word said in anger
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6.0
Words that are rude and upset people, often about religion
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9.9
A very rude phrase people say to show strong anger or annoyance
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7.1
A word people think is rude or not polite
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9.9
A strong rude shout people use when they feel very angry or shocked
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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
6
9.1
To show strong anger, surprise, or emphasis
2
9.9
A mild swear people use to add emphasis or show anger
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8.6
A rude word people say when they are angry
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9.9
A rude strong word said to show anger or surprise
1
9.9
A very rude exclamation showing strong anger or surprise
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8.6
A rude word people use when angry or to insult someone
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9.2
An offensive or rude word considered inappropriate in polite speech
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9.7
Say to show anger, surprise, or frustration
A rude word about sex or body parts
To make what you say sound stronger, like a mild swear
A short angry or surprised word people say when something goes wrong
A short angry or surprised shout used instead of a rude word
A polite phrase for a rude word that starts with A, for example ass
A polite phrase people use instead of a rude word for a woman
A polite way to talk about the very rude word 'fuck' without saying it
A polite way to talk about a word or topic that makes people upset
A strong French bad word people say to show anger or surprise
A mild bad word people say to show anger or surprise
How Offensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Swearword comes from the parts swear (originally meaning 'to make an oath' or 'promise') and word. Over time swear also came to mean 'use strong or rude language', so a swearword is a word used for swearing, a rude or offensive word.