Expletives

Synonyms for "expletives" (7 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
curse wordsdummy subject

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
filler wordfunctional word

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

4 entries
function wordlexical itemlinguistic itemsyntactic element

More specific

6 entries
curse wordsdummy subjectexistential thereobscenitiesprofane termsthere expletive

Collocations

6 entries
expletives in discoursefrequency of expletivesgrammatical expletivesprofanity and expletivesstrong expletivesuse of expletives

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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Attention! This video may contain expletives and graphic violence. Its content may offend you.

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If you attempt to use expletives in a language you do not know well, you are likely to sound ridiculous.

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My mother hates it when I use expletives.

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Do you have a list of Berber expletives?

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