Thesaurus:swear
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]Sense: to use offensive language
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- swear
- blaspheme
- curse
- curse like a pagan
- curse like a trooper
- curse like a sailor
- cuss [⇒ thesaurus]
- eff and blind (British, slang)
- eff and jeff (British, slang)
- execrate (archaic)
- imprecate
- swear like a cutter
- swear like a pagan
- swear like a trooper
- swear like a sailor
- turn the air blue (idiomatic)
- vilify
Antonyms
[edit]- mind one's language (idiomatic)
Hyponyms
[edit]- drop the f-bomb (idiomatic)
- outswear
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “908. malediction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “swear” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.