Synonyms for cussing


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhs
Phonetic Transcription : kʌs


Définition of cussing

Origin :
  • "to say bad words," 1815, alteration of curse (v.). Related: Cussed; cussing. To cuss out attested by 1881.
  • verb swear
Example sentences :
  • The Colonel would compress his lips, cussing every Yankee on earth.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • I know you're all right; I am ashamed of myself for cussing you.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • “Cussing himself for——” The rest was lost in the noise of the team.
  • Extract from : « In Her Own Right » by John Reed Scott
  • And not so much the cussing, Peter, as the useless compliments.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer
  • You'll die a natural death in bed, unless you gets to cussing me.
  • Extract from : « Bar-20 Days » by Clarence E. Mulford
  • He wore a fur coat, bare legs, and slippers, cussing around most peevish.
  • Extract from : « Curly » by Roger Pocock
  • That me back there in the second of July, he's cussing me out.
  • Extract from : « Sam, This is You » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • And we heard Duran's voice; "cussing in French," Ray said he was doing.
  • Extract from : « The Voodoo Gold Trail » by Walter Walden
  • You can tell he was a gentleman once by the fluency of his cussing.
  • Extract from : « Sea-Hounds » by Lewis R. Freeman
  • "Maybe I did, Jimmie," he said, half as if he were already sorry for the cussing out.
  • Extract from : « The Wreckers » by Francis Lynde

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