cussverbmainly USold-fashionedinformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Swearing and blasphemy
blasphemous
blasphemously
C-word
curse
curse someone/yourself for something/doing something
damn
effing
four-letter word
oath
profane
strong languagephrase
swear jar
swear word
swearing
sweary
sworn
the air is blueidiom
turn the air blueidiom
wash
wash your mouth out (with soap/soapy water)idiom

Examples from literature

And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 
Sometimes he would rave and blaspheme. 
The madman raving in his chains still remembers his God, to bless or blaspheme his name. 
To this Jesus, whom he had so often blasphemed and betrayed by word and conduct, he would now be able with equal publicity to promise obedience and fidelity. 
When men blaspheme we should pray and be silent, and not carry wood to the fire.