profanity
Plural: profanities
Noun
- vulgar or irreverent speech or action
- The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.
- Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
Examples
- He ran up and down the street screaming profanities like a madman.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin profānitās. By surface analysis, profane + -ity.
Scrabble Score: 17
profanity: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordprofanity: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
profanity: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
profanity: valid Words With Friends Word