Synonyms for profanity
prəˈfæn ɪ ti, proʊ-pro·fan·i·ty

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1. profanity

   In the highest sense, as in a court of justice, "an oath is a reverent appeal to God in corroboration of what one says," Abbott Law Dict.; an affidavit is a sworn statement made in writing in the presence of a competent officer; an adjuration is a solemn appeal to a person in the name of God to speak the truth. An oath is made to man in the name of God; a vow, to God without the intervention, often without the knowledge, of man. In the lower sense, an oath may be mere blasphemy or profane swearing. Anathema, curse, execration, and imprecation are modes of invoking vengeance or retribution from a superhuman power upon the person against whom they are uttered. Anathema is a solemn ecclesiastical condemnation of a person or of a proposition. Curse may be just and authoritative; as, the curse of God; or, it may be wanton and powerless: "so the curse causeless shall not come," Prov. xxvi, 2. Execration expresses most of personal bitterness and hatred; imprecation refers especially to the coming of the desired evil upon the person against whom it is uttered. Malediction is a general wish of evil, a less usual but very expressive word. Compare TESTIMONY.

   Synonyms:
   adjuration, affidavit, anathema, ban, blaspheming, blasphemy, curse, cursing, denunciation, execration, imprecation, malediction, oath, profane swearing, reprobation, swearing, sworn statement, vow

   Antonyms:
   benediction, benison, blessing

Princeton's WordNet

1. profanitynoun

   vulgar or irreverent speech or action

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1. • Utterance

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1. profanitynoun

   Synonyms:
   irreverence, profaneness, blasphemy

2. profanitynoun

   Synonyms:
   profane language

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1. List of paraphrases for "profanity":

   rudeness, blasphemy

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How to use profanity in a sentence?

1. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders:

   The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling. Both Bee and TBS disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned on its network.

2. Jeb Bush:

   Unless I'm caught with a camera I didn't see, I'm not going to use profanity in public.

3. Jeb Bush:

   I thought about it after I said it, i don't know, there is a judge somewhere that's gonna tell me whether or not that's profanity?

4. Mark Twain:

   Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

5. Mark Twain:

   In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer.