Billingsgate

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  • noun. Foul, abusive language.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Profane or scurrilous language or abuse; blackguardism.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language.
  • noun. Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. profane, abusive language; coarse words
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
    • Word Usage
    "One must have read much in Luther, one should have read all of Luther, and his "billingsgate" will assume a different meaning."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    abuse  contumely  insult  revilement  vilification  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    coccyx  defamation  diatribe  dispraise  encomium  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ribaldry  vituperation  
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