Synonyms for cuss

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kuhs

Phonetic Transcription : kʌs

Définition of cuss

Origin : 1775, American English dialectal, "troublesome person or animal," an alteration of curse (n.), or else a shortening of the slang sense of customer.

noun swearword
verb swear

Example sentences :

They won't let anybody cross their line, and they won't say anything—not even when you cuss 'em.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

We brought up before the saddest-lookin' cuss I ever saw out of bed.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

The cuss turned green and stammered that he wasn't no animal tamer.
Extract from : « Mary Rose of Mifflin » by Frances R. Sterrett

There, 'tisn't so bad to cuss and keep it in as to cuss and let it out, is it, sir?'
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

I know a whole string of cuss words an' I can say them as fast as now-I-lay-me.
Extract from : « Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman » by Emma Speed Sampson

And not a man of us, if His Reverence'll excuse me for saying so, dare let out a cuss afore her.
Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut

She can cuss in two or three languages not specified in the guarantee.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

He's a deservin' cuss; an' th' Leetle Woman's ben like a mother tew us all.
Extract from : « The Cave of Gold » by Everett McNeil

You have been the cuss and bain of my happyniss since you entered it.
Extract from : « Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush » by William Makepeace Thackeray

I begun to fear that the varmint had a cave, and so, cuss him!
Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid

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