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profanity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of profanity

1 a disrespectful or indecent word or expression

a rap song that is filled with profanities

Synonyms of profanity

curse, cuss, cussword, dirty word, expletive, four-letter word, obscenity, swear, swearword, vulgarism

Words Related to profanity

bawdry, language, scurrility

execration, imprecation, malediction

2 the quality or state of being obscene

once notorious for its profanity, that 1950s best seller will strike today's readers as lamentably tame

Synonyms of profanity

bawdiness, blueness, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, dirt, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, grossness, impureness, impurity, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, nastiness, obscenity, raunch, raunchiness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, vulgarity, wantonness

Words Related to profanity

broadness, earthiness, gaminess, raciness, saltiness, suggestiveness

immodesty, indecorousness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, unbecomingness

depravedness, depravity, kinkiness, naughtiness, perverseness, perversion, perversity, pervertedness, wickedness

exceptionability, objectionableness, unacceptability, undesirability

reprehensibility, reprehensibleness

abusiveness, scurrilousness

atrociousness, atrocity, infamy, loathsomeness, offensiveness, repellency, repugnance, repulsiveness

distastefulness, obnoxiousness, unpleasantness

Near Antonyms of profanity

priggery, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanism

correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, seemliness

appropriateness, fitness, suitability, suitableness

perfection, purity, spotlessness

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