four-letter wordnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfɔːlet.ə ˈwɜːd/us/ˌfɔː.let̬.ɚ ˈwɝːd/a short word that is considered to be extremely rude and offensive:
Four-letter words are often edited out of films before they are shown on television.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Swearing and blasphemy
- bad language
- blasphemous
- blasphemy
- curse
- cuss
- damn
- dirty word
- eff
- expletive
- imprecation
- oath
- profanity
- strong language
- swear like a trooper idiom
- swear word
- swearing
- the F-word
- trooper
- wash
- wash your mouth out (with soap/soapy water) idiom
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