expletive
noun[C]
uk/ɪkˈspliː.tɪv/us/ˈek.splə.t̬ɪv/formal
a word that isconsideredoffensive:
咒骂语，脏话Shedroppedthebookon herfootandletoutarow/stringof expletives.她手里的书掉下来砸到了脚，疼得她咒骂了一通。
expletive deleted
used when anoffensiveword has beenremovedfrom areportof what someone has said:
删去脏话Heranat theofficers,callingthem (expletivedeleted) andthreateningthem.
Swearing and blasphemy
- air
- bad language
- blaspheme
- blasphemously
- blasphemy
- C-word
- cuss
- damn
- dirty word
- eff
- imprecation
- oath
- profanity
- strong
- swear like a trooperidiom
- the air is blueidiom
- the F-word
- the N-word
- trooper
- wash