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Synonyms for expletive
ˈɛk splɪ tɪvex·ple·tive

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. expletiveadjective

    Synonyms:
    expletory

  2. expletiveadjective

    Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant

    Synonyms:
    expletory

  3. expletiveadjective

    Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers)

    Synonyms:
    expletory

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cussnoun

    profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

    "expletives were deleted"

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

  2. expletivenoun

    a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

    Synonyms:
    curse word, curse, cuss, swearing, swearword, oath

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. expletiveadjective

    Synonyms:
    superfluous, redundant

  2. expletivenoun

    Synonyms:
    expletive word or syllable

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How to use expletive in a sentence?

  1. Teryl Austin:

    Because I think I’ve had 11, I can tell when one was just an (expletive) interview and I could tell when I was really in it, and so to me, that’s kind of worth it.

  2. Milwaukee Bucks:

    Any little (expletive) that goes wrong, it’s gonna be ‘ohhh MPD is all racist blah blah.'.

  3. Ben Affleck:

    Years ago, I used to play fast and a little loose more on Twitter. These days, I'm a little bit more reserved, i said,' Well the difference is easy to spot. Ryan Gosling has blond hair and Ryan Reynolds is a [ expletive ].

  4. Demarcus Davis:

    I really want to go to war with Donald Trump because Donald Trump is tryin’ to take food stamps from my momma and that’s all the (expletive) she got, let Donald Trump know it’s up over here. We want war; we’re going to declare war.

  5. Renard Simmons:

    And I was met with an expletive !


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