Profanity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Profanity \Pro*fan"i*ty\, n. [L. profanitas.]
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     1. The quality or state of being profane; profaneness;
        irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.
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     2. That which is profane; profane language or acts.
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              The brisk interchange of profanity and folly.
                                                    --Buckminster.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  profanity
       n : vulgar or irreverent speech or action

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 language