Synonyms for motherfuck

Most common

screw · eff · bugger

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something.

Forms

Past participle

motherfucked
e.g. motherfucked → screwed, effed, buggered, fucked…

Example sentences

• screw Do you tighten a screw clockwise or anticlockwise?
• eff I said something wrong ... eff me.
• bugger Bugger, the lining in my coat is fraying.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

eff

4 letters

fuck¹

5 letters

screw¹

6 letters

bugger²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bugger² = 2 syllables).