What does SWEARING mean?
Definitions for SWEARING
swear·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cussnoun
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
"expletives were deleted"
oath, swearingnoun
a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
ChatGPT
swearing
Swearing refers to the use of offensive, vulgar, or obscene language as a form of expression. It also indicates making a solemn promise or taking an oath about something.
Webster Dictionary
Swearing
of Swear
Swearing
a. & n. from Swear, v
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
swearing
A vulgar and most irrational vice, which happily is fast going out. Habitual swearing was usually typical of a bad officer. It may have originated in the custom too often demanded by law, of solemn asseverations on frivolous subjects.
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wearings
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SWEARING in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SWEARING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of SWEARING in a Sentence
It may be controversial but only if you simply extract the swearing and drugs and stuff from the context, it could well be that it's not so controversial.
I want to assure everyone that, with the exception of specific times on Inauguration Day itself while the swearing-in ceremonies were underway, the United States Capitol police did not instruct theNationalGuardto vacate the Capitol Building facilities.
There's a lot of swearing involved. British audiences seem to enjoy that. It appeals to sort of the 'Friends' generation, (in their) 30s and 40s, these people are at positions in their lives where generally most people have it all set out already; they're married and have kids. None of these characters are (in that position), so they feel a certain amount of pressure to have that in their lives.
Swearing is like any other music...If it is not done well, if it is not done with a fine and discriminating art, and vitalized with gracious and heartborn feeling, it lacks beauty, it lacks charm, it lacks expression, it lacks nobleness, it lacks majesty...
Someone keeps swearing to me that in Arizona it's illegal to have sex with a rodeo clown in an elevator on Tuesdays, it's a tall tale of course, but they're told as truth.
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