Our word today is eureka. It is a kind of word called an expletive. Expletives are quick, short outcries of pain, surprise, anger or joy. We hear them all the time.
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Expletive
//ˈɛksplətɪv//
Synonyms for "expletive" (96 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (28)
embellishmentepithetexcessexclamationexpendableexpletoryextravagancefatfeatherbeddingfillerfillingfoul invectivefrillfrillsfripperygingerbreadgratuitousin excessiterativeluxury
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Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (48)
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13 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- вмъкнат adj (serving to fill up)
- вмъкната дума noun (word added to fill a syntactic position)
Catalan
1 entries- expletiu adj (serving to fill up)
Dutch
4 entries- expletief adj (marked by phrase-fillers)
- opvullend adj (serving to fill up)
- vol krachttermen adj (marked by phrase-fillers)
- expletief (woord) noun (word that adds strength to a phrase)
Finnish
4 entries- lisä adj (serving to fill up)
- täyte adj (serving to fill up)
- täyttävä adj (serving to fill up)
- täytesana noun (word added to fill a syntactic position)
French
1 entries- explétif adj (serving to fill up)
German
3 entries- Füllwort adj (serving to fill up)
- Expletiv noun (word added to fill a syntactic position)
- Expletivum noun (word added to fill a syntactic position)
Italian
3 entries- espletivo adj (marked by phrase-fillers)
- pleonastico adj (serving to fill up)
- riempitivo adj (serving to fill up)
Portuguese
3 entries- expletivo adj (serving to fill up)
- expletiva noun (word added to fill a syntactic position)
- expletivo noun (word added to fill a syntactic position)
Spanish
3 entries- expletivo adj (serving to fill up)
- expletivo noun (word added to fill a syntactic position)
- expletivo noun (word that adds strength to a phrase)
Swedish
1 entries- kraftuttryck noun (word that adds strength to a phrase)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
No one entered more fully than Shakespeare into the character of this species of poetry, which admits of no expletive imagery, no merely ornamental line.
Source: wiktionary
deprecating being taken for ſerious, or to be underſtood that he meaneth any thing by them; but only that he uſeth them as expletive phraſes ... to plump his ſpeech, and fill up ſentences.
Source: wiktionary
If we don't take advantage of any [expletive] in any way, then it's our loss.
Source: wiktionary
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