Swear

Noun

 * 1) A swearword.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:swearword

Verb

 * 1)   To take an oath.
 * 2)  To use offensive language.

Synonyms

 * see WikiSaurus:swear

Derived terms

 * swear by
 * swear like a trooper


 * swear on a stack of Bibles
 * swear out


 * swear to God
 * swear word

Adverbs for Swear
vigorously; fiercely; ferociously; solemnly; lustily; audibly; roundly; abominably; traitorously; earnestly.

Thesaurus
abjure, abuse, acknowledge, adjure, administer an oath, affirm, agree, allege, and candle, assert, assert under oath, asseverate, assure, attest, aver, avoid, avouch, avow, bear witness, believe in, blaspheme, book, certify, confess, count on, countersign, covenant, curse, curse and swear, cuss, declare, depone, depose, disclose, dysphemize, eschew, execrate, expletive, express the belief, forgo, forsake, forswear, give evidence, give up, go off, guarantee, have confidence in, imprecate, insist, kiss the book, make a promise, oath, pledge, plight, profess, promise, put under oath, put upon oath, rely on, renounce, scatologize, shun, state, swear by, swear by bell, swear in, swear off, swear the truth, swear to, swear to God, swear to goodness, talk dirty, testify, throw over, troth, trust in, undertake, underwrite, use language, vilify, vouch, vouchsafe, vow, warrant, witness

Etymology
swerian:

Verb

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:,   երդվեցնել
 * Bulgarian: заклевам се (zaklevam se)
 * Catalan: jurar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 發誓, 发誓,  賭咒,  赌咒
 * Czech: přísahat
 * Danish: sværge
 * Dutch: zweren, een eed afleggen
 * Esperanto: ĵuri
 * Faroese: svørja
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 誓う (ちかう, chikau), 怒鳴る (どなる, donaru), ののしる (nonoshiru)


 * Korean: 맹세하다 (maengsehada)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: سوێن خواردن
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: се колне
 * Norwegian Bokmål: sverge
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: sverja/sverje
 * Old Norse:
 * Polish: przysięgać, przyrzekać
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: клясться (kljást’sja)
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: svära, svärja
 * Telugu: ఒట్టు పెట్టు (oTTu peTTu), ప్రమాణం చేయు (pramaaNaM chaeyu)
 * Turkish: ,
 * Welsh: tyngu


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 咒罵, 咒骂,  醜詆,  丑诋,  罵人,  骂人
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sakri
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: blóta
 * Italian:, bestemmiare
 * Japanese: 悪態をつく (あくたいをつく, akutái o tsukú)


 * Korean: 욕을 하다 (yogeul hada)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: جوێن دان
 * Macedonian: пцуе
 * Norwegian Bokmål:, sverge, sverte
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: banna/banne, sverta/sverte, sverja/sverje
 * Polish: przeklinać, kląć, zaklinać
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ругаться (rugát’sja), выругаться (výrugat’sja)
 * Spanish: blasfemar, renegar, jurar, echar ternos
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: తిట్టు (tiTTu) ఒట్టు పెట్టు
 * Turkish: ,
 * Welsh: melltithio, rhegi


 * : sumpah, bersumpah, menyumpahi, mengumpat

Anagrams

 * sawer, sware, wares, wears