Thesaurus results for OBSCENITIES

obscenities

noun

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plural of obscenity

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 Documents state that Ebert returned a few days later to William Yates' house to yell obscenities at his wife and a friend who were sitting outside. —

Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026 Yates family members said Ebert drove up honking his horn and yelling obscenities, during which surveillance footage shows William backed into the driveway to avoid getting hit, throwing a rock at Ebert’s car. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026 Prosecutors said Ebert and the elder Yates exchanged words after the suspect blew his horn and shouted obscenities at the septuagenarian victim’s daughter and son-in-law while in the driveway of a residential property. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026 What was disturbing were people who sped past a foot away from elderly people, shouting obscenities with faces twisted in hatred. —

Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026 The Chico State allegations were covered by the Chico Enterprise-Record, which reported in 2006 that players accused Goodenbour of degrading them and directing obscenities at them. —

Julia Haney, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026 But as the film quietly signals, a society’s obscenities are not aberrations, only parts of an ugly chapter in a long history. —

Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026 And where no parent could sit their kids within 15 feet of the Nuggets’ bench without hearing a torrent of Moe obscenities. —

Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026 Cocoa Beach police responded to Hill-Brodigan’s home that night after receiving multiple calls about the party, some of which said minors were seen walking toward the home through other peoples’ yards and yelled obscenities at them. —

Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026

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There are still deliveries of hate mail from conservative neighbors who disapprove of their lifestyle, and occasional drive-bys punctuated with curses yelled from car windows, but they’ve largely been accepted by the community.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Pay multiple people from the crafts site Etsy to perform tarot readings, lift any existing curses and otherwise engage in witchcraft.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Mar. 2026