Antonyms for profanity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pruh-fan-i-tee, proh-

Phonetic Transcription : prəˈfæn ɪ ti, proʊ-

Definition of profanity

Origin : c.1600, from Late Latin profanitas, from Latin profanus (see profane (adj.)). Extended sense of "foul language" is from Old Testament commandment against "profaning" the name of the Lord.

noun foul language

Example sentences :

"I won't listen in silence to the profanity of that old heathen," she cried.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

Sometimes, perhaps, profanity seems picturesque and effective.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

My blue-eyed friend erected himself into an obelisk of profanity.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

Profanity had never been strongly discountenanced at "Gunn's."
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

I rejoined with some severity, for I have never held with profanity.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

Around them came the muffled voices of men, free with profanity.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

"For your profanity and want of courtesy we will make the ransom a thousand philips, then," said he.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

To seek advice from Heaven on such points was a sort of profanity.
Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon

He was not given to profanity, but he could say "Judas Priest" in a way that sizzled.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various

He was not, for a second or two, quite satisfied that the reply was devoid of profanity.
Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for profanity

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