as in curses
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
a man who has never uttered a single cuss
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as in swears
to use offensive or indecent language
the little girl clapped her hands over her ears when her brother started cussing
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Recent Examples of cusses
Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
He’d just been followed down a country highway by an angry mob, which screamed cusses and gave him the finger.
—Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
Verb
In that moment, Dupree involuntarily punches him and the pair go quiet as Dooley cusses and bends over wincing in pain.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cusses
Noun
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Baseball has always been a sport that believes in the occult — in juju and curses and superstitions.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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Tens of millions of downloads deep, among discussions regarding ongoing bear curses and the quiet art of being a decent person, Drew Barrymore has asked about boogers and Jane Fonda has asked about hope.—
Brittany Delay,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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But in the early days of the Maniacs, everyone swears that Merchant was a shrieking dervish during shows, exorcising her teenage demons on the stage of every bar in the Rust Belt.—
Dan Kois,
Pitchfork,
17 May 2026
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Jack Schlossberg swears there is a method to his madness.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cusses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cusses. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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