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swearsome

swearsome adjective: characterised or marked by swearing.

Adjective

swearsome (comparative more swearsome, superlative most swearsome)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Characterised or marked by swearing
    • He must have been a rather swearsome hero while the flies and dust lasted.1918, Ethel Turner, Bertram Stevens, The Australian Soldiers' Gift Book
    • Depth not too great — say 6 to 10 fathoms — and bottom a swearsome one.1967, Thomas Welsby, Andrew Kilpatrick Thomson, The Collected Works of Thomas Welsby - Volume 1

Forms of swearsome

comparativemore swearsome
superlativemost swearsome

Origin of swearsome

From swear + -some.

Questions about swearsome

What does swearsome mean?
Swearsome means characterised or marked by swearing.
What part of speech is swearsome?
Swearsome is an adjective.

Words near swearsome in the dictionary

  1. swears on a stack of Bibles
  2. swears the peace
  3. swears to God
  4. swears upon
  5. swearsies
  6. swearsome
  7. swearword
  8. swearwords
  9. sweary
  10. sweat
  11. sweat angel

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