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Definition of profanity
profanities
1a : the quality or state of being profaneb : the use of profane language
2a : profane languageb : an utterance of profane language
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Examples of profanity in a Sentence
The comic uses too much profanity.
My mom will not tolerate profanity.
I have never heard my father utter a single profanity.
Recent Examples of profanity from the Web
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The car of five teenage boys was trying to move out of a parking space when a person shouting profanity and shining a flashlight approached the vehicle.
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Nothing quite epitomizes Wall Street’s profound schizophrenia about Washington these days better than Jamie Dimon’s impromptu, Bastille Day, profanity-laced screed directed toward Congress and Donald Trump’s administration.
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Nothing quite epitomizes Wall Street’s profound schizophrenia about Washington these days better than Jamie Dimon’s impromptu, Bastille Day, profanity-laced screed directed toward Congress and Donald Trump’s administration.
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McGregor encouraged the crowd to shout expletives at Mayweather and his family before launching into a nearly 10-minute profanity-laced tirade during a stop Wednesday in Toronto.
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The report goes on to say that the officer then asked LaBeouf to leave the area multiple times because of his behavior, but that the actor became increasingly agitated, shouting profanities at the officer.
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The car, noted the younger Pacheco, was so terrible, so utterly breakage prone that, in disgust, the Fight Doctor, spitting profanities, dropped off the Shadow at the local Cadillac dealership and rolled away in a new Fleetwood.
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A former state prosecutor, Duterte denies condoning extrajudicial killings and remains popular with the masses who embrace his unorthodox leadership style, profanity-laced outbursts and draconian bent in an Asian bastion of democracy.
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A carpenter from central Mexico said people shouted profanities at him recently at a supermarket.
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First Known Use of profanity
1563
PROFANITY Defined for English Language Learners
profanity
playDefinition of profanity for English Language Learners
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: offensive language
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: an offensive word
PROFANITY Defined for Kids
profanity
playDefinition of profanity for Students
profanities
: language that is offensive or disrespectful
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