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profanity

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pro·fan·i·ty /prəˈfænəti/ noun (plural profanities)  1. SWEAR[countable usually plural] offensive words or religious words used in a way that shows you do not respect God or holy things 亵渎的语言;脏话,下流话2. [uncountable] formalRUDE/IMPOLITE behaviour that shows you do not respect God or holy things 渎神;亵渎圣物
Examples from the Corpus
profanityIt is one thing to shock a parent with casual profanity.His dress is famously unfashionable, his temper famously short, his profanities notoriously rich.He knew far more profanity than Scripture, and used and enjoyed it more.We need new profanity because familiar profanity has lost its punch.Their exchanges are filled with hesitations, contractions, slang and prejudice, as well as the strange poetry of profanity.Freed in the slipstream of profanity, it took wing.It was part prayer, part profanity.There's also a letter from the Lemon Grove city clerk, peppered with profanity, that she never wrote.
pro·fan·i·ty nounChineseSyllable
Corpus in or words offensive religious a used words


profanity
profanity /prəˈfænəti, prəˈfænɪti/ noun (plural profanities)
1. [countable usually plural] offensive words or religious words used in a way that shows you do not respect God or holy things
2. [uncountable] formal behaviour that shows you do not respect God or holy things


pro·fan·ityBrE /prəˈfænəti/ 🔊NAmE /prəˈfænəti/ 🔊, also /proʊˈfænəti/ 🔊 noun (
plural
pro·fan·ities
)
(formal)
[uncountable] behaviour that shows a lack of respect for God or holy things 亵圣;对神灵的亵渎 [countable, usually plural] swear words, or religious words used in a way that shows a lack of respect for God or holy things (亵圣的)诅咒语He uttered a stream of profanities. 他脏话连篇。🔊🔊