profanity

Meaning

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.
  2. (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

Synonyms

blasphemy
C2
swearing
C2
desecration
35k
curse
B2
obscenity
31k
cursing
C2
irreverence
foul language
sacrilege
22k
defilement
impiety
disrespect
C1
oath
B2
raciness
ribaldry
scandalousness
shamelessness
spiciness
swearword
swear word
taboo
C2
unholiness
vulgarism
curse word

obscene word

lewd word

offensive word

prohibited word

potty language

bad language
pottymouth
cheek
C1
cuss
22k
dirtiness
dirty word
expletive
four-letter word
gaminess
godlessness
impertinence
28k
irreligion
perkiness
profanation
Translations

impiété
profanidade
Blasphemie
Gotteslästerung
gros mot
küfür

lenguaje soez

insanité

αθυροστομία

juron
profanidad
Schimpfwort
Scheltwort
Weltlichkeit
Schändung
Frequency

32k
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin profānitās. By surface analysis, profane + -ity.

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