profanity
Origin of profanity
1Other words for profanity
1, 2 | blasphemy, sacrilege |
2 | swearing, malediction; curse |
Other words from profanity
- non·pro·fan·i·ty, noun, plural non·pro·fan·i·ties.
- sem·i·pro·fan·i·ty, noun, plural sem·i·pro·fan·i·ties.
Words Nearby profanity
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use profanity in a sentence
Aside from the obvious exclusions and general blocking of profanity from triggering your campaigns, leveraging contextual query data and search data ahead of pushing new campaigns live can and will save you money in the long run.
Proactively building negative keyword lists in Google Ads is now more important than ever | Eliot Shiner | October 21, 2020 | Search Engine LandRight now, the researchers have used a profanity filter to clean up some particularly egregious language, but it is mostly limited to English.
Facebook’s new polyglot AI can translate between 100 languages | Karen Hao | October 19, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewWhile not profanity, effing was bleeped out for broadcast television.
Many of the tickets Nucci reviewed at the courthouse, though, cited “profanity.”
Morning Report: SDPD Has Ticketed Dozens for ‘Seditious Language’ | Voice of San Diego | August 3, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoAs in Watson’s case, officers involved in seven of the 11 most recent seditious language cases described the violation as “profanity” on the ticket.
SDPD Is Punishing Speech Using a 102-Year-Old City Law | Kate Nucci | August 3, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
An hour-and-a-half of pure, raucous, profanity-fueled laughter: what a perfect edition of Fashion Police aired on E!
Melissa Rivers: Life After Joan—A Funny, Moving Celebration on a Special 'Fashion Police' | Tim Teeman | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBieber will push the envelope with the profanity of his times.
Justin Bieber: Not a Racist, But Is He Really a N*****? | John McWhorter | June 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis acceptance speech was a reflection of his career, and laced with enough profanity to make a pirate blush.
That we should all muster our human empathy, and create from this profanity a shared understanding of the Iraq War.
Jackson was also blamed for widespread censorship on the airwaves, which went all-out in banning any sort of nudity or profanity.
Super Bowl’s ‘Nipplegate’ Fiasco 10 Years Later: The Pop Diva, the Boob, and the Outrage | Marlow Stern | February 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNever in her life had the vicar's wife been guilty of profanity till now, but the opportunity was too golden to be missed.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsGwynne called, shouted, approached the verge of profanity, but he might as well have addressed the silent forest.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe first part of his journey home to the cabin was one of profanity; the second of prayer; the third of grim silence.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteThere were plenty of failures, a lot of heartbreak and profanity, an occasional injury—but they kept going, and they got there.
Security | Poul William AndersonHe studied the numbers again, and allowed himself the rare luxury of an outburst of vari-coloured profanity.
The Winning Clue | James Hay, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for profanity
/ (prəˈfænɪtɪ) /
the state or quality of being profane
vulgar or irreverent action, speech, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse