as in curses
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
a rap song that is filled with profanities
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Recent Examples of profanities
There are faint smudges of pastel crayon on the wall and carved profanities with paint chips revealing the previous cerulean walls.
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Ashley Andreou,
STAT,
22 June 2026
And profanities featured in roughly 10% of all clauses, used at a rate substantially higher than the same speakers would use while awake.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
In the video, the man can be heard screaming profanities while holding a baseball bat outside the window before getting out of the car and approaching the couple.
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Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
At one point, a man appears to emerge from the home and yell profanities in Spanish in the direction of the dump truck.
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Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
His use of profanities pepper his Truth Social messages.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
The Express-News has redacted personally identifying information and profanities.
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Bayliss Wagner,
San Antonio Express-News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adelman and assistant coach JJ Barea launched profanities at the refs while Adelman ventured to the paint to help his star up.
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
His family members told police Ebert had driven to the house, honked his horn and yelled profanities before striking the elder Yates with his car, an incident apparently captured on surveillance video.
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Spin Staff,
SPIN,
2 Apr. 2026
Ashley Andreou,
STAT,
22 June 2026
And profanities featured in roughly 10% of all clauses, used at a rate substantially higher than the same speakers would use while awake.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
In the video, the man can be heard screaming profanities while holding a baseball bat outside the window before getting out of the car and approaching the couple.
—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
At one point, a man appears to emerge from the home and yell profanities in Spanish in the direction of the dump truck.
—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
His use of profanities pepper his Truth Social messages.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
The Express-News has redacted personally identifying information and profanities.
—
Bayliss Wagner,
San Antonio Express-News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adelman and assistant coach JJ Barea launched profanities at the refs while Adelman ventured to the paint to help his star up.
—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
His family members told police Ebert had driven to the house, honked his horn and yelled profanities before striking the elder Yates with his car, an incident apparently captured on surveillance video.
—
Spin Staff,
SPIN,
2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profanities
Noun
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Morgan and her Judgment Day cronies tried to bribe Danhausen to put curses on their opponents.
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In baseball, curses are no joking matter, and the Curse of the FTD Burger might now have befallen the team.
Noun
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Right next to her crowd of women's sports advocates was a mosh of pro-transgender activists wearing costumes and shouting obscenities.
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An original call for service indicated that suspects pulled up to a CBS media vehicle and began shouting racial obscenities at a CBS cameraman who is Black, a law enforcement source said.
Noun
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In a section down the first-base line, a sea of shirtless fans chanted expletives at the Phillies but quieted a bit when Brandon Marsh tied the game with a two-run blast on a sweeper that caught too much plate.
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Videos circulating on social media showed drones repeatedly striking the facility, sending large fireballs upward - and expletives tumbling out of many a Russian mouth.
Noun
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In recent years China’s Communist Party has ramped up oversight of religious institutions, rolled back the use of ethnic minority languages in primary, secondary schools and kindergartens.
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Among other things, the council revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with other religions and the laity, and allowed Mass to be celebrated in vernacular languages rather than Latin.
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“Profanities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profanities. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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