profanity
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profanity
- /pɹəˈfænɪti/ UK
- /pɹəˈfænɪti/ US
- [pɹəˈfɛənɪti] US
- /pɹoʊˈfænɪti/ US
- [pɹoʊˈfɛənɪti] US
Rhymes with -ænɪti
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Borrowed from Latin profānitās. By surface analysis, profane + -ity.
noun profanities · prophanity
- The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt. The overwhelming power of his imagination led him to contemplate acts of impiety and profanity, and to a vivid realisation of the dangers these involved.
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Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
He ran up and down the street screaming profanities like a madman.
Similar: swear word, curse word, vulgarity
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: blasphemy, rudeness, profaneness, vulgarity, blasphemousness, impiety, obscenity, irreverence, foulmouthedness, contemptuosity, impiousness, sacrilegiousness, defiledness, irreverency, impudence, unsanctifiedness
Translations
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noun quality of being profane
| Español | profanidad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 冒瀆, 冒涜 bōtoku |
| Português | profanidade |
| Français | impiété |
| Deutsch | Profanität, Respektlosigkeit, Gotteslästerlichkeit |
| Ελληνικά | αθυροστομία athyrostomía |
| Русский | профана́ция profanácija, богоху́льство bogoxúlʹstvo |
| العربية | تَجْدِيف tajdīf, بَذَاءَة baḏāʔa |
noun obscene, lewd or abusive language
| Español | lenguaje soez, soeza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 욕설 yokseol, 비어 bieo, 잡언 jabeon, 비속어 bisogeo |
| 日本語 | 雑言 zōgon, 卑語 higo |
| 中文 | 粗口 cūkǒu, 髒話 /脏话 zānghuà |
| Português | profanidade |
| Français | insanité, gros mot, vulgarité, grossièreté |
| Deutsch | Fluch, Obszönität, Schimpfwort |
| Ελληνικά | αθυροστομία athyrostomía, βωμολοχία vomolochía |
| Română | înjurătură |
| Русский | скверносло́вие skvernoslóvije, ру́гань rúganʹ, ма́терщина máterščina, мат mat, брань branʹ, ненормати́вная ле́ксика nenormatívnaja léksika |
| العربية | قَبَاحَة qabāḥa |
| עברית | גסות gasút, ניבול פה |
Talk about this word "profanity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/profanity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. profanity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/profanity "profanity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/profanity.Cite this
@misc{profanity_2026,
title = {profanity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/profanity},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
