dirty word
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Synonyms for dirty word
Synonyms
curse, cuss, cussword, expletive, four-letter word, obscenity, profanity, swear, swearword, vulgarism
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And McBride catches his son highlighting all the dirty words in the Bible, which boys in my Christian elementary school loved to do. — Emily Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, "What HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones gets right about evangelicals," 19 Aug. 2019 Stop playing to the extremes of parties Sandy Baruah, the president of the Detroit Regional Chamber, fondly recalls his time on Captiol Hill, working for Republican politicians at a time when moderate was not a dirty word. — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, "What Michigan voters want to hear from Democratic presidential debate candidates," 28 July 2019 That service-mindedness helps offset his disappointment with Washington politics, where the kind of compromise that legislators like former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole once espoused seems today to have become a dirty word. — Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor, "Amid tariffs and floods, a farmer finds hope in the next crop of Kansans," 17 July 2019 Ambition is often a dirty word when it is used to describe women and Love is no exception. — Lisawhill, Longreads, "Live Through This: Courtney Love at 55," 9 July 2019 Compromise doesn’t have to be a dirty word in politics. — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, "Editorial: California legislature should pass compromise vaccine bill," 25 June 2019 The risk of public humiliation is much lower, especially if your dirty words are in response to someone else’s. — Nona Willis Aronowitz, Teen Vogue, "When Is It Safe to Send a Partner Nude Photos?," 2 May 2019 Polls are showing increasing support for socialism, once a dirty word in American political discourse. — Adam Shaw, Fox News, "Socialism rises in Democratic Party as primary season of upsets comes to close," 18 Sep. 2018 Stubborn is just a dirty word for driven, and driven people get things done. — Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, "Advice for Leading a Successful Outdoor Life," 12 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dirty word.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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