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swore

[swawr, swohr] / swɔr, swoʊr /

VERB

declare under oath

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affirm assert depose testify vow

STRONG

attest avow covenant maintain plight promise state trust vouch warrant

WEAK

cross one's heart depend on give one's word give witness have confidence in make an affidavit pledge oneself rely on say so state under oath swear by swear to God swear up and down take an oath

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny

STRONG

break condemn renounce

VERB

speak profanely; be vulgar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

curse cuss

STRONG

bedamn blaspheme execrate flame imprecate

WEAK

be foul-mouthed take name in vain talk dirty use bad language utter profanity

Example Sentences

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Swore Kuhn: "I'll never go back to politics again."

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the President also: > Swore in Christian Herter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Swore he’d rather go naked than wear some other kid’s rags.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

Theseus, with noble soul, calm and unmoved, Swore to fulfil his stranger friend's request.

From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Smith, Goldwin

My Valeria will choose nobly; swear to me to give her to the husband of her choice, and to no other!'--and I Swore it.

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Dahn, Felix