as in curses
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
uttered a loud obscenity when he dropped the hammer on his toe
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Recent Examples of obscenities
Brown hurled obscenities at the manager and left the building as the fast-food worker screamed in pain, according to the footage.
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Mitch Picasso, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Nineteenth century reformers and religious authorities condemned the circus as an ungodly, drunken spectacle ripe with gender transgressions and obscenities.
—Time, 30 Oct. 2025
In September, he’d been convicted of indecent exposure (and using obscenities) after allegedly exposing himself during a Miami concert.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Those exceptions include true threats, defamation, harassment and obscenities.
—Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
On Florida college campuses, student attempts to speak out for Palestinian rights — including calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas — have been met with Islamophobia and obscenities in some instances, students say.
—Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
The two sides yelled obscenities at each other through microphones while federal agents stood watch from the roof of the federal building.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
People saw it not once, not twice, but over and over, frequently dressing up as the characters and hurling things — toast, rice, puns, obscenities — at the screen.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
On Saturday, McIlroy repeatedly had to step away from his golf ball as spectators shouted obscenities and personal insults at the Irishman.
—Jenna West, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Mitch Picasso, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Nineteenth century reformers and religious authorities condemned the circus as an ungodly, drunken spectacle ripe with gender transgressions and obscenities.
—Time, 30 Oct. 2025
In September, he’d been convicted of indecent exposure (and using obscenities) after allegedly exposing himself during a Miami concert.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Those exceptions include true threats, defamation, harassment and obscenities.
—Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
On Florida college campuses, student attempts to speak out for Palestinian rights — including calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas — have been met with Islamophobia and obscenities in some instances, students say.
—Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
The two sides yelled obscenities at each other through microphones while federal agents stood watch from the roof of the federal building.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
People saw it not once, not twice, but over and over, frequently dressing up as the characters and hurling things — toast, rice, puns, obscenities — at the screen.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
On Saturday, McIlroy repeatedly had to step away from his golf ball as spectators shouted obscenities and personal insults at the Irishman.
—Jenna West, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obscenities
Noun
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With the launch of the Culling Game in the aftermath, 10 colonies from across Japan are transformed into dens of curses as part of a plot orchestrated by the most wicked sorcerer in history, Noritoshi Kamo.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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Up ahead, two men argued, their shouts and curses drowning out the hum of a helicopter that circled in the distance.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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More people in tactical police vests get inside the vehicle, as an angry crowd forms around it, yelling profanities.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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According to a 2020 study in the International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, the number of profanities in songs on the Billboard Top 100 charts rose from less than 200 per year in 2009 to more than 700 per year in 2018.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Piker went on to make a series of lewd remarks, using expletives to refer to and address former Governor Cuomo.—
Sirena Bergman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Giménez stared and shouted toward Wrobleski, who responded with a series of expletives that set chaos in motion.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Obscenities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscenities. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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