Word

curse word, n.

profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
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curse curse word cuss expletive oath swearing swearword

sample sentences

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

curse curse

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

swear

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cuss

semantic pointers

hypernym

profanity