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I remember listening to Walter Isaacson tell me that on the day that … the day before he died, his daughter came in, and he’d made some expletive about how she looked.
MAKING A KILLING WITH JIM CRAMEREUGENE ROBINSONFEBRUARY 1, 2021OZY
The expletive that it now behoves us to consider is one which has never been adequately treated in a book.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMAN
Probably few persons who allow themselves the enjoyment of that rather jocular expletive, the deuce!
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMAN
There is in Madrid a "Calle Jesus," and the sacred name, used as a common expletive, is heard on all sides.
SPANISH LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRYL. HIGGIN AND EUGNE E. STREET
He blurted out his favorite expletive, lighted a new cigar, walked his room, and chafed like a caged tiger.
SEVENOAKSJ. G. HOLLAND
The other use is a kind of pious expletive, intending “I must endure it,” “I am the slave of a higher power.”
SELECTIONS FROM PREVIOUS WORKSSAMUEL BUTLER
No shouts to "stand over there," and none of that "——" (groom's expletive) which is so common in our country.
HESPEROTHEN; NOTES FROM THE WEST, VOL. II (OF 2)W. H. RUSSELL
I employed an expletive which I am happy to think has not escaped me for years.
MY DANISH SWEETHEART, VOLUME 3 OF 3WILLIAM CLARK RUSSELL
She winced at his expletive, which seemed to hint of something stronger, and so was just as bad.
THE BARRIERALLEN FRENCH
Every expletive that should have been forgotten, I remembered.
WORDS RELATED TO EXPLETIVE
- acclamation
- bark
- bawl
- bay
- bellow
- cackle
- call
- caw
- chatter
- cheer
- clack
- clamor
- cluck
- coo
- crow
- ejaculation
- exclamation
- expletive
- fuss
- gobble
- groan
- grunt
- hiss
- holler
- hoot
- howl
- hullabaloo
- hurrah
- meow
- mewling
- moo
- motto
- nicker
- note
- outcry
- pipe
- quack
- report
- roar
- ruckus
- scream
- screech
- shout
- shriek
- song
- squall
- squawk
- squeak
- trill
- uproar
- vociferation
- wail
- whine
- whinny
- whistle
- whoop
- yammer
- yawp
- yell
- yelp
- yoo-hoo
- acclamation
- bark
- bawl
- bay
- bellow
- cackle
- call
- caw
- chatter
- cheer
- clack
- clamor
- cluck
- coo
- crow
- ejaculation
- exclamation
- expletive
- fuss
- gobble
- groan
- grunt
- hiss
- holler
- hoot
- howl
- hullabaloo
- hurrah
- meow
- mewling
- moo
- motto
- nicker
- note
- outcry
- pipe
- quack
- report
- roar
- ruckus
- scream
- screech
- shout
- shriek
- song
- squall
- squawk
- squeak
- trill
- uproar
- vociferation
- wail
- whine
- whinny
- whistle
- whoop
- yammer
- yawp
- yell
- yelp
- yoo-hoo
- anathema
- ban
- bane
- blasphemy
- commination
- cursing
- cuss word
- cussing
- damning
- denunciation
- dirty name
- dirty word
- double whammy
- execration
- expletive
- four-letter word
- fulmination
- imprecation
- malediction
- malison
- naughty words
- no-no
- oath
- objuration
- obloquy
- obscenity
- profanation
- profanity
- sacrilege
- swear word
- swearing
- vilification
- whammy
- anathema
- ban
- bane
- blasphemy
- commination
- cursing
- cuss word
- cussing
- damning
- denunciation
- dirty name
- dirty word
- double whammy
- execration
- expletive
- four-letter word
- fulmination
- imprecation
- malediction
- malison
- naughty words
- no-no
- oath
- objuration
- obloquy
- obscenity
- profanation
- profanity
- sacrilege
- swear word
- swearing
- vilification
- whammy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.