motherfucker
Syllables: moth·er·fuck·er/mʌðəˌfʌkə//mʌðɚˌfʌkɚ/
motherfucker interjection: expressing dismay, discontent, or surprise.
Interjection
- Expressing dismay, discontent, or surprise.
- Synonyms:
- fuck, shit, son of a bitch, oh my God, Jesus Christ
Noun
motherfucker (plural motherfuckers)
- An extremely contemptible, vicious or mean person.
- Up against the wall, motherfucker.
- There's an aggressive motherfucker!
- Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
- Check out this motherfucker.
- Look at that motherfucker.
- An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
- War is a motherfucker.
- Traffic congestion was a motherfucker.
- To an extreme degree.
- I jammed my finger in the door yesterday. It hurt like a motherfucker.
- You mess with me, and I will come at you like a motherfucker.
- A good very close friend or relative.
- How’ve you been, you crazy motherfucker?
- Who's hanging on, motherfucker?
- One who engages in incest with their mother.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:motherfucker.
- One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
motherfucker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
motherfucker in Hindi
- generic term of abuse
- मादरचोद mādarcod, कमीने kamīne
motherfucker in Tamil
- generic term of abuse
- தாயோளி tāyōḷi
- literally: One who engages in incest with their mother
- தாயோளி tāyōḷi
motherfucker in Bengali
- generic term of abuse
- মাদারচোদ madarcōd
motherfucker in Malayalam
- generic term of abuse
- തായോളി tāyōḷi
More languagesFewer languages
- motherfucker in Gujarati
- માદરચોદ mādarcod, માચોદ mācod
- motherfucker in Sanskrit
- मातरिपुरुष mātaripuruṣa
- motherfucker in Assamese
- মাকচুদাই maksudai
- motherfucker in Nepali
- माचिक्ने mācikne
- motherfucker in Tagalog
- putang ina mo
- motherfucker in Malay
- pukimak
- motherfucker in Indonesian
- keparat, bedebah, cukimai
- motherfucker in Persian
- مادر جنده mâdar jende, مادر قحبه mâdar qahbe
- motherfucker in Thai
- เย็ดแม่, เย็ดแม่ง
- motherfucker in Vietnamese
- địt con mẹ mày, đụ má mày
Examples of motherfucker in a sentence
- They're rapid motherfuckers!
- Motherfuckers don't take by chances.
- Which of those motherfuckers?
- What is it to these motherfuckers?
- Possession of a firearm can be a motherfucker.
- Arsons are a total motherfucker.
Synonyms of motherfucker
- fuck
- shit
- son of a bitch
- oh my God
- Jesus Christ
- futhermucker
- motherchucker
- motherfouler
- motherlicker
- mothersucker
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- motherfunker
- motherhumper
- motherfricker
- motherlover
- motherflipper
- mothertrucker
- motherfluffer
- emmereffer
- muhfugga
- muthafucka
- mofo
- mf/MF
- emeff
- MFer
- emeffer
- madarchod
- motha fucka
- mothafucka
- mother fucker
- mudda fucka
- muddafucka
- mutha fucka
- aunt fucker
- auntfucker
- brother fucker
- brotherfucker
- father fucker
- fatherfucker
- grandmother fucker
- grandmotherfucker
Forms of motherfucker
| alternative form | MF |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mf |
| alternative form | mofo |
| alternative form | mothafucka |
| alternative form | mothafucker |
| alternative form | mothafugga |
| alternative form | mothafuggah |
| alternative form | mothafukka |
| alternative form | mothahfuckah |
| alternative form | mothahfucker |
| alternative form | mothahfuggah |
| alternative form | motherfucka |
| alternative form | motherfuckah |
| alternative form | mother-fucker |
| alternative form | mother fucker |
| alternative form | motherfugga |
| alternative form | motherfukka |
| alternative form | motherfukkah |
| alternative form | motherfukker |
| alternative form | muthafucka |
Origin of motherfucker
Compound of mother + fucker; attested since 1918. The injury comes from the implication of somebody sleeping with their own mother, but was probably not used literally until later. Also analyzed as a calque of Hindustani مَادَر چود (mādar cod) / मादरचोद (mādarcod).
Words formed from motherfucker
Phrases with motherfucker
Questions about motherfucker
- What does motherfucker mean?
- Motherfucker means expressing dismay, discontent, or surprise.
- What is motherfucker in Hindi?
- Motherfucker in Hindi is मादरचोद (mādarcod), कमीने (kamīne). See Motherfucker meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use motherfucker in a sentence?
- They're rapid motherfuckers!
- What part of speech is motherfucker?
- Motherfucker can be an interjection or a noun.
- How do you pronounce motherfucker?
- Motherfucker is pronounced /mʌðəˌfʌkə/ (UK).
Words near motherfucker in the dictionary
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