Swearing; an oath.

abuse.

figurative. Foul or obscene language; coarse abuse or vilification. Formerly also: †an instance of this.

Violent haranguing; verbal abuse. Obsolete. rare.

Lewdness in speech or writing; lewd, obscene, or filthy talk, etc.

Something scurrilous.

absol. quasi-n., esp. in to talk bawdy (where perhaps originally adverbial): Lewd, obscene language, lewdness, obscenity.

†(a) disease of the tongue (figurative); cf. tongue-evil n.; (b) a tongue-shaped parasite which becomes adult in the nasal fossæ and frontal…

Filthy talk.

scurrilous language.

A double meaning; a word or phrase having a double sense, esp. as used to convey an indelicate meaning.

Indecent or obscene language.

Abusive or scurrilous language; swearing. Now historical.

Abuse, impertinence. (Cf. slang, v. 3 4.)

An offensive or derogatory expression used of a person; an abusive term; a profanity. Cf. epitheted, adj. c.

(a) a vulgar or ‘smutty’ word; (b) a word made disreputable by what are regarded as its discreditable associations.

euphemistic. Bad language, swearing, esp. in pardon (also excuse) my French.

colloquial. = bad language at sense 2a. Also int., indicating that the speaker should desist from using such language.

The form of words in which something is communicated; manner or style of expression.

Filthy or obscene language. rare (now archaic).

A word used in profane swearing, a profane word.

profane language.

as n. A denunciatory expression.

= double entendre, n.

= cuss word n. at cuss, n. compounds.

colloquial. A ‘thumping’ lie, a banger; bang-words: explosive epithets, ‘swear’ words.

an abusive farewell (cf. sailor's farewell n. at sailor, n. compounds 3).

The form of words in which something is communicated; manner or style of expression.

Morally unclean or impure; ‘smutty’. Spec. dirty book, a pornographic book; so dirty bookshop; dirty joke, dirty story, a ‘smutty’ joke or story; di…

Morally unclean or impure; ‘smutty’. Spec. dirty book, a pornographic book; so dirty bookshop; dirty joke, dirty story, a ‘smutty’ joke or story; di…

Language of the sort used by bullock-drivers; swearing. Australian and New Zealand slang.

A scatological figure of speech.

Originally U.S. A word that is regarded as vulgar, considered (esp. humorously) to be of traditional Anglo-Saxon origin, with allusion to the idea…

A profane word; = swear-word, n.