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four-letter word

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of four-letter word

a disrespectful or indecent word or expression

  • clapped her hands over the toddler's ears so he wouldn't hear the four-letter word
Synonyms of four-letter word

curse, cuss, cussword, dirty word, expletive, obscenity, profanity, swear, swearword, vulgarism
Words Related to four-letter word

bawdry, language, scurrility

execration, imprecation, malediction

epithet, name

oath

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