curse word

1. 1.

   profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

   “expletives were deleted”

   Synonymscurseexpletiveoathswearingswearwordcuss

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Questions about curse word

What does curse word mean?

curse word means "profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger".

What is another word for curse word?

Close synonyms include curse, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is curse word a common word?

curse word is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.