PROFANITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does profanity mean? • PROFANITY (noun)
The noun PROFANITY has 1 sense:
1. vulgar or irreverent speech or action
Familiarity information: PROFANITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROFANITY (noun)
Meaning:
Vulgar or irreverent speech or action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("profanity" is a kind of...):
utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "profanity"):
blasphemy (blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred))
dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)
curse; curse word; cuss; expletive; oath; swearing; swearword (profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger)
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