as in curse
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
a man who has never uttered a single cuss
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Recent Examples of cuss
Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
This California school board president has 2 DUIs and cusses.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
That Youngin still a man and he can get cussed out but don’t put ya hands on me.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The film stays in the perspective of an unstoppable killer/monster named Johnny who frequently uses very sharp objects to prey on campers, rangers, hikers and a crotchety old cuss — all in acts of vengeance for the evil that has been perpetrated on him.
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Earlier that morning, the teenage surfers had been cussed out by another surfer, and had been on edge.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuss
Noun
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Everything changes when a man from the protagonist's past (Harington) comes back from war, and a curse arrives in the form of a knight.—
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Nico Harrison is gone, but his curse on the Mavericks lingers.—
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Multiple reviewers swear by the belt bag for travel.—
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On Thursday, the suspect, 44-year-old Shawntez Gregory, appeared in court, swearing at the judge.—
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Nationally, median early career wages range from $40,000 for a foreign language degree to $80,000 for a computer science degree, according to an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.—
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Administration officials have cut that time roughly in half, partly by eliminating Spanish-language courses.—
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Trump has occasionally used profanity in public settings, often in response to criticism, confrontation or to emphasize his point.—
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While some online scolds didn’t like Johnson’s profanity, this has played well in Chicago, a city that has been ravenous for a winning Bears team since the 20th Super Bowl.—
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Another protest in California on Tuesday saw agitators burning an American flag and shouting expletives through a megaphone.—
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The whole issue of award show expletives came to the Supreme Court twice, the last time in 2012, when the justices struck down fines on Fox Television Stations over expletives uttered by Cher and Nicole Richie during the Billboard Music Awards, as well as nudity that aired on ABC’s NYPD Blue.—
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“Cuss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuss. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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