CUSS

curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss

(noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; “expletives were deleted”

chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke

(noun) a boy or man; “that chap is your host”; “there’s a fellow at the door”; “he’s a likable cuss”; “he’s a good bloke”

pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly

(noun) a persistently annoying person

curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate

(verb) utter obscenities or profanities; “The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

cuss (third-person singular simple present cusses, present participle cussing, simple past and past participle cussed)

(chiefly, US) To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.

Noun

cuss (plural cusses)

(chiefly, US) A curse.

(chiefly, US) A curse word.

Etymology 2

Noun

cuss (plural cusses)

(dated, chiefly, US) A fellow, person.

Anagrams

• SCSU, SCUs

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

21 May 2025

SOMETIME

(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”


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