Profanity

//prəˈfænɪti//

Synonyms for "profanity" (50 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Strong matches (15)

Noun(2 words)
cursedirty word

Related words (25)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

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Synonyms

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derived

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

80 translations across 34 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • lapërdhi noun (quality of being profane)
  • lapërdhi noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Arabic

3 entries
  • بَذَاءَة noun (quality of being profane)
  • تَجْدِيف noun (quality of being profane)
  • قَبَاحَة noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • богохулство noun (quality of being profane)
  • ругатни noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Catalan

1 entries
  • profanitat noun (quality of being profane)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 粗口 noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 粗口 noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • 髒話 /脏话 noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • ahcuallahtōlli noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Dutch

1 entries
  • krachtterm noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Finnish

3 entries
  • hävyttömyys noun (quality of being profane)
  • kirosana noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • rienaus noun (quality of being profane)

French

4 entries
  • gros mot noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • grossièreté noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • impiété noun (quality of being profane)
  • insanité noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

German

4 entries
  • Fluch noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • Gotteslästerlichkeit noun (quality of being profane)
  • Obszönität noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • Profanität noun (quality of being profane)

Greek

2 entries
  • αθυροστομία noun (quality of being profane)
  • αθυροστομία noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • גסות noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • ניבול פה noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Ido

1 entries
  • juracho noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • bahasa kasar noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • bahasa kotor noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • kata-kata kotor noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • kenistaan noun (quality of being profane)

Irish

2 entries
  • mallachtach noun (quality of being profane)
  • naomhaithis noun (quality of being profane)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 冒涜 noun (quality of being profane)
  • 冒瀆 noun (quality of being profane)
  • 卑語 noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • 雑言 noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Javanese

1 entries
  • pisuhan noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Korean

4 entries
  • 비속어 noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • 비어 noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • 욕설 noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • 잡언 noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Latin

1 entries
  • turpiloquium noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • бого́хулство noun (quality of being profane)
  • пцо́вки noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • пцо́сти noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Malay

1 entries
  • makian noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Māori

1 entries
  • kangakanga noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • كفر noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Persian

1 entries
  • بیحرمتی noun (quality of being profane)

Polish

2 entries
  • przekleństwo noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • wulgaryzm noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • profanidade noun (quality of being profane)
  • profanidade noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Romanian

1 entries
  • înjurătură noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Russian

4 entries
  • богоху́льство noun (quality of being profane)
  • брань noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • ма́терщина noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • мат noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • psȏvka noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • псо̑вка noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Spanish

3 entries
  • lenguaje soez noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • profanidad noun (quality of being profane)
  • soeza noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tungayaw noun (quality of being profane)

Turkish

2 entries
  • küfür noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • küfürlü konuşma noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • лихослі́в'я noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
  • ненормати́вна ле́ксика noun (obscene, lewd or abusive language)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Leaving an unburied corpse behind is profanity.

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Digging up a corpse is profanity.

Source: tatoeba (1234506)

I don't like profanity.

Source: tatoeba (2271880)

Tom never uses profanity.

Source: tatoeba (4502746)

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