dysphemism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dysphemism
Noun
  • Don’t pretend the cure for coarse speech is a swear jar.
    Eric Preven, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Taylor and Hinkle swear by bonnets, while Royal and others recommend tying longer styles into a loose bun or braid before wrapping.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As the Oxford English Dictionary notes, the expression not hardly is considered a vulgarism.
    NR Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The British cringed over new American accents, coinages and vulgarisms.
    Time, Time, 11 June 2019
Noun
  • Most of the messages were filled with expletives.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Ronson politely demurred the money twice until Combs barked at him with an expletive to take the money.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fans of the United States team took to hurling personal insults and obscenities toward the European golfers as the Americans fell behind in the scoring.
    Matt Moret, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to taking the guinea pigs, the perpetrators wrote obscenities and a racial slur on a whiteboard.
    Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This story references profanity and may be offensive to some readers.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Her closing line was audible in the room and in unedited online footage, though the broadcast censored the profanity.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Dysphemism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dysphemism. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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