as in curse
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
was reprimanded for teaching his little brother cusswords
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Recent Examples of cussword
This wasn't an in-the-moment cussword thrown down in the middle of a passionate, blow out fight.
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Ashley Iaconetti, Cosmopolitan, 30 Aug. 2017
Ashley Iaconetti, Cosmopolitan, 30 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cussword
Noun
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The family curse was alive and well.—
Jennifer Wolfgram,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Too much focus went on growing the club as a financial juggernaut and investing in the stadium, which went from being their savior to their curse.—
Joe Prince-Wright,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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If a conversation thread gets confusing, rewrite the key points in plain language.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2026
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Trump has also asked that Republicans tack on language restricting transgender surgeries and transgender participation in women’s sports — two policies that Republicans successfully used as a political wedge against Democrats in the last election cycle.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Kennedy could be heard hurling swears at the Swedish team.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
23 Feb. 2026
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And Boring would be that much closer to its 90,000-rider pinkie-swear.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And, when the alarm wails hours before dawn, human cusses of angry protest join the chorus of budget appliances failing before their time.—
Virginia Konchan,
The New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2024
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My grandmother extended a ladder up into this tough old cuss of a tree and climbed up, at some risk, to pick the bulging fruit.—
Jim Meddleton,
The Christian Science Monitor,
1 May 2024
Noun
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Díaz-Canel is one of the regime’s most unpopular figures, earning a popular expletive as a nickname on the island.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Kennedy responded with an outburst full of expletives.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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No profanity, no targeting a player’s personal life.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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The flair MacTaggart puts into her creations is a touch of cheeky humor and, occasionally, profanity.—
Kaitlyn Huamani,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As the Oxford English Dictionary notes, the expression not hardly is considered a vulgarism.—
NR Editors,
National Review,
16 Apr. 2020
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The British cringed over new American accents, coinages and vulgarisms.—
Time,
Time,
11 June 2019
Noun
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The epithet could be heard when the BBC broadcast the ceremony about two hours after the live event.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Feb. 2026
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There is no stronger epithet in Albany than the charge of being weak.—
Paul Francis,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cussword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cussword. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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