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Profanity
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Profanity has 1 sense
- profanity(n = noun.communication) - vulgar or irreverent speech or action; is a kind of utterance, vocalization
has particulars: blasphemy, dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism, curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword
Derived form adjective profane1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Profanity, n. [L. profanitas.].
- The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy. [1913 Webster]
- That which is profane; profane language or acts. [1913 Webster]"The brisk interchange of profanity and folly." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Profanity, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a profane act.
2 profane language; blasphemy.
1 a profane act.
2 profane language; blasphemy.
Etymology
LL profanitas (as PROFANE)
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Profanity
bad language, billingsgate, blasphemousness, blasphemy, blue language, colorful language, cursing, cussing, desecration, dirty language, dirty talk, dysphemism, evil speaking, execration, filth, filthy language, foul language, impiety, imprecation, obscenity, profanation, profane swearing, profaneness, reprobation, ribaldry, sacrilege, sacrilegiousness, scatology, strong language, swearing, unblessedness, unhallowedness, unholiness, unparliamentary language, unregenerateness, unrepeatable expressions, unsacredness, unsanctitude, unsanctity, vile language, vulgar languageROGET THESAURUS
Profanity
Impiety
N impiety, sin, irreverence, profaneness, profanity, profanation, blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege, scoffing, hypocrisy, pietism, cant, pious fraud, lip devotion, lip service, lip reverence, misdevotion, formalism, austerity, sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, pharisaism, precisianism, sabbatism, sabbatarianism, odium theologicum, sacerdotalism, bigotry blue laws, hardening, backsliding, declension, perversion, reprobation, sinner, scoffer, blasphemer, sacrilegist, sabbath breaker, worldling, hypocrite, Tartufe, Mawworm, bigot, saint, Pharisee, sabbatarian, formalist, methodist, puritan, pietist, precisian, religionist, devotee, ranter, fanatic, juramentado, the wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate, sons of men, sons of Belial, the wicked one, children of darkness, impious, irreligious, desecrating, profane, irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous, un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate, hardened, perverted, reprobate, hypocritical, canting, pietistical, sanctimonious, unctuous, pharisaical, overrighteous, righteous over much, bigoted, fanatical, priest-ridden, under the mask of religion, under the cloak of religion, under the pretense of religion, under the form of religion, under the guise of religion, giovane santo diavolo vecchio.
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