profanity.

Language or conduct considered vulgar, blasphemous, or disrespectful toward what is sacred.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a stream of profanity
• casual profanity

On the page

A stream of profanity echoed from the locked workshop.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular profanity; plural profanities. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: atmosphere, description. Commonness: moderately common.