Expletive
Expletive noun - A disrespectful or indecent word or expression.
Usage example: unleashed a slew of expletives upon losing the tennis match
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Synonyms for Expletive
Execration and expletive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Execration" instead a noun "Expletive".
Execration
Execration noun - A prayer that harm will come to someone.
Expletive and execration are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expletive" instead a noun "Execration".
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Related pairs
- abuse and expletive
- abuse and execration
- curse and expletive
- curse and execration
- condemnation and expletive
- condemnation and execration
- swear word and expletive
- swear word and execration
- obloquy and expletive
- obloquy and execration
- malediction and expletive
- malediction and execration
- imprecation and expletive
- imprecation and execration
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Execration and Expletive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expletive/execration
Expletive & Execration. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/expletive/execration>.
Execration or Expletive. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/expletive/execration.
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