| Main Entry: | blaspheme |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curse |
Synonyms: |
cuss, revile, swear, talk dirty |
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
Synonyms: |
abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, cast out, castigate, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, pan, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, thunder against |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
Antonyms: |
bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
| Main Entry: | desecrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse, violate |
Synonyms: |
befoul, blaspheme, commit sacrilege, contaminate, defile, depredate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, dishonor, make lose face, mess up*, pervert, pillage, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, sack, spoil, spoliate, waste |
Antonyms: |
honor, praise, sanctify |
| Main Entry: | profane |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defile, desecrate |
Synonyms: |
abuse, be evil, befoul, blaspheme, commit sacrilege, commit sin, contaminate, curse, cuss, damn, darn, debase, despoil, do wrong, flame, hoodoo, misuse, mock, mudsling, pervert, pollute, prostitute, put double whammy on, revile, scorn, swear, talk dirty, tar, trash, vice, violate, vitiate, voodoo |
Antonyms: |
cleanse, purify |
| Main Entry: | slander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a scandalous remark |
Synonyms: |
asperse, assail, attack, backbite, bad-mouth, belie, belittle, besmirch, blacken name, blaspheme, blister, blot, calumniate, cast a slur on, curse, damage, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dishonor, disparage, give a bad name, hit*, hurt, injure, libel, malign, muckrake, pan, plaster, revile, roast, run smear campaign, scandalize, scorch, slam*, sling mud, slur, smear, smirch, sneer, strumpet, sully, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify |
Antonyms: |
flatter, glorify, praise |
| Main Entry: | swear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak profanely; be vulgar |
Synonyms: |
be foul-mouthed, bedamn, blaspheme, curse, cuss, execrate, flame*, imprecate, take name in vain, talk dirty, use bad language, utter profanity |
| Main Entry: | calumniate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defame |
Synonyms: |
accuse, asperse, blacken, blaspheme, libel, malign, revile, scandalize, slander, slur, smear, vilify |
| Main Entry: | curse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swear |
Synonyms: |
be foul-mouthed, bedamn, blaspheme, cuss, execrate, flame*, imprecate, take name in vain, talk dirty, use bad language, utter profanity |
| Main Entry: | cuss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swear |
Synonyms: |
blaspheme, curse, use profanity |
| Main Entry: | imprecate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curse |
Synonyms: |
anathematize, be foul-mouthed, bedamn, blaspheme, cuss, damn*, execrate, flame*, take name in vain, talk dirty, use bad language, utter profanity |