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Schimpfwort — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • epithet noun A term used to characterize a person or thing.
  • profanity noun Swearing or offensive language.

Senses

Schimpfwort is used for these senses in English:

  • dirty word A word that is considered vulgar, not necessarily sexual in nature.
  • epithet An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
  • profanity (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
  • swear word A word considered obscene and vulgar or offensive.

epithet — full definition

  1. noun A term used to characterize a person or thing.
  2. noun A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
  3. noun A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
  4. noun One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.

profanity — full definition

  1. noun Swearing or offensive language.
  2. noun The quality of being disrespectful toward sacred things.

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