Antonyms for cuss word


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhs-wurd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌsˌwɜrd


Definition of cuss word

  • As in malediction : noun curse
  • As in oath : noun curse
  • As in profanity : noun foul language
  • As in dirty word : noun indecent or vulgar word
  • As in four-letter word : noun obscene word
  • As in swear word : noun foul word
  • As in curse : noun hateful, swearing remark
  • As in expletive : noun swear word; exclamation
Example sentences :
  • Her father says it's da—— I was going to say his cuss word, but I guess I won't.
  • Extract from : « Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter? » by Helen H. Gardener
  • But I never spilled a cuss word and I never spilled a squeal— I was building reputation on that gol-darned wheel.
  • Extract from : « Cowboy Songs » by Various
  • Then, with me to chip in a cuss word now and again when things got hot, he pulled through the day without ripping an oath.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Get this, don't let me ever again hear you say anything that even sounds like a cuss word.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Wagon » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
  • Hardest man to talk to I ever met—never see a man before but what I could get him to say somethin', if it was only a cuss word.
  • Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • I would often remark that I had never had a cigar between my teeth, never had uttered a cuss word, never kissed a girl, and so on.
  • Extract from : « Confessions of a Neurasthenic » by William Taylor Marrs
  • I wasn't really minding about the cuss word, for Rufe isn't the kind of a man that says things when he's mad.
  • Extract from : « The Annals of Ann » by Kate Trimble Sharber

Synonyms for cuss word

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