Synonyms for cuss
kʌscuss

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1. pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadflynoun

   a persistently annoying person

   Synonyms:
   pesterer, feller, expletive, lad, swearing, curse word, bloke, oath, pestilence, pestis, blighter, pest, gent, gadfly, chap, curse, swearword, fellow, plague, fella

2. chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, blokenoun

   a boy or man

   "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"

   Synonyms:
   swain, associate, logger, crevice, cranny, faller, sonny boy, pest, pesterer, curse word, fissure, blighter, feller, swearing, sonny, lumberman, curse, companion, chap, fella, cub, laddie, bloke, confrere, familiar, young man, crack, expletive, lad, oath, lumberjack, dude, fellow, beau, comrade, gadfly, colleague, buster, mate, boyfriend, swearword, gent

3. curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cussverb

   profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

   "expletives were deleted"

   Synonyms:
   pesterer, whammy, feller, scourge, expletive, condemnation, swearing, curse word, bloke, jinx, oath, fella, lad, blighter, pest, fellow, gent, execration, gadfly, chap, curse, swearword, nemesis, bane, hex, torment

4. curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecateverb

   utter obscenities or profanities

   "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"

   Synonyms:
   maledict, excommunicate, affirm, blaspheme, trust, swan, imprecate, anathemize, beshrew, bedamn, damn, aver, assert, avow, anathemise, swear, curse, depose, depone, unchurch, bank, rely, verify

Matched Categories

1. • Male
   • Tormentor

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1. List of paraphrases for "cuss":

   swear, swearing, flute, jure

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How to use cuss in a sentence?

1. Rodney Phillips:

   What Zack provided was a platform where (those on the streets thought), I can be myself, I can cuss, I can tell you how I feel ... and it aint gonna be censored, he was showing the unadulterated truth.

2. Joey Fortman:

   I think of how radio is able to filter out all the bad music content, you won't hear cuss words on the radio. But [ these platforms ] aren't regulated and parents are still just learning that.

3. Sutton Stracke:

   She was going through a lot. So I was like, ‘OK, just don’t cry, Sutton’ … I wasn’t going to let someone point their finger at me, cuss at me and threaten me. No.

4. Jimmy Wopo:

   Travon Smart couldn't cuss and s — and everybody in the hood was going to it, it was our first time ever being in a real studio for real, so that's when we really started making music. I was 14.

5. Barbara Hall:

   One of the things that keeps you from dropping them in the nearest volcano is that you had to work too hard to get them. You had to cry, you had to scream, you had to sweat, you had to cuss out health care officials, and when that's all over with, you'll be willing to put up with a lot more from your kids.