Profanity meaning

prō-făn'ĭ-tē, prə-
Profanity is defined as vulgar or obscene language or behavior.

The use of swear words is an example of profanity.

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The condition or quality of being profane.
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The state or quality of being profane.
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Something profane; esp., profane language or the use of profane language.
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(uncountable) The quality of being profane.

His profanity left the entire audience in shock.

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(countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

He ran up and down the street screaming profanities like a madman.

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Origin of profanity

Profanity Sentence Examples

  • The charges it occasioned of profanity and irreverence were natural, but groundless.

  • With a squeal of brakes Dean narrowly missed the rider in front, who shouted a profanity and spun sideways to a stop in the road­side gravel, miraculously maintaining balance.

  • The Book abounds in hypercriticism, particularly in the imputation of profanity; and in a useless display of learning, neither intrinsically valuable nor conducive to the argument.

  • Wegscheider with infidelity and profanity, and on the ground of these accusations advocated the interposition of the civil power, thus giving rise to the prolonged Hallische Streit.

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