motherfucker

moth·er·fuck·er
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UK/mʌðəˌfʌkə/US/mʌðɚˌfʌkɚ/

interjection

Expressing dismay, discontent, or surprise.

“War is a motherfucker.”

Less commonScrabble 26

Meanings

interjection

alternative MF · alternative mf · alternative mofo · alternative mothafucka · alternative mothafucker · alternative mothafugga · alternative mothafuggah · alternative mothafukka · alternative mothahfuckah · alternative mothahfucker · alternative mothahfuggah · alternative motherfucka · alternative motherfuckah · alternative mother-fucker · alternative mother fucker · alternative motherfugga

nounmotherfucker (plural motherfuckers)

plural motherfuckers · alternative MF · alternative mf · alternative mofo · alternative mothafucka · alternative mothafucker · alternative mothafugga · alternative mothafuggah · alternative mothafukka · alternative mothahfuckah · alternative mothahfucker · alternative mothahfuggah · alternative motherfucka · alternative motherfuckah · alternative mother-fucker · alternative mother fucker

  1. offensivevulgarAn extremely contemptible, vicious or mean person.

    They're rapid motherfuckers!

    5 more examples

    Up against the wall, motherfucker.

    There's an aggressive motherfucker!

    Motherfuckers don't take by chances.

    Roland Weary and the scouts were safe in a ditch, and Weary growled at Billy, ‘Get out of the road, you dumb motherfucker.’ The last word was still a novelty in the speech of white people in 1944. Itwas^([sic]) fresh and astonishing to Billy, who had never fucked anybody — and it did its job. It woke him up and got him off the road.

    1969, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., chapter 2 (pages 19–42), in Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-dance with Death, Vintage edition (1991 paperback), London: Vintage Books, published 2000, →ISBN, page 27

    English, motherfucker, do you speak it?

    1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson)
  2. vulgarAny person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.

    Look at that motherfucker.

    3 more examples

    Check out this motherfucker.

    Which of those motherfuckers?

    What is it to these motherfuckers?

  3. vulgarAn extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.

    War is a motherfucker.

    3 more examples

    Traffic congestion was a motherfucker.

    Possession of a firearm can be a motherfucker.

    Arsons are a total motherfucker.

    1. vulgarforming a compound unit adverbial intensifierTo an extreme degree.

      It's hot as a motherfucker out here.

      3 more examples

      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.

      They goin' hard as a motherfucker out here.

  4. vulgarA good very close friend or relative.

    Who's hanging on, motherfucker?

    3 more examples

    How’ve you been, you crazy motherfucker?

    The best one ever, motherfuckers!

    Time for an invitation, motherfuckers!

  5. literallyvulgarOne who engages in incest with their mother.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:motherfucker.

  6. literallyvulgarOne who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionExpressing dismay, discontent, or surprise.

Broader

More synonyms by meaning

nouninsulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

Broader
unpleasant persondisagreeable person

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méh₂tēr
  2. Proto-Germanic*mōdēr
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mōder
  4. Old Englishmōdor
  5. Middle Englishmoder
  6. Englishmother
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pewǵ-
  8. Proto-Germanic*fukkōną
  9. Old English*fuccian
  10. Middle English*fukken
  11. Englishfuck
  12. Englishfucker
  13. Englishmotherfucker

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).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek μητροκοίτης, μητροκοίτης
  • μητροκοίτης (mētrokoítēs)literally: One who engages in incest with their mother
  • μητροκοίτης (mētrokoítēs)generic term of abuse
Arabic يا ابن القحبة
  • يا ابن القحبة (ya ibn al-qahba)generic term of abuse
Bengali মাদারচোদ
  • মাদারচোদ (madarcōd)generic term of abuse
Bulgarian шибаняк, копеле
  • шибаняк (šibanjak)generic term of abuse
  • копеле (kopele)generic term of abuse
Catalan fill de puta, malparit
  • fill de putageneric term of abuse
  • malparitgeneric term of abuse
Chinese Cantonese 屌你老母, 冚家鏟 /冚家铲
  • 屌你老母generic term of abuse
  • 冚家鏟 /冚家铲 (ham⁶ gaa¹ caan²)generic term of abuse
Chinese Mandarin 肏你媽 /肏你妈, 幹你娘 /干你娘
  • 肏你媽 /肏你妈 (cào nǐ mā)generic term of abuse
  • 幹你娘 /干你娘 (gàn nǐ niáng)generic term of abuse
  • 混蛋 (húndàn)generic term of abuse
Czech zkurvysyn, mamrd
  • zkurvysyngeneric term of abuse
  • mamrdgeneric term of abuse
  • sviněgeneric term of abuse
  • hajzlgeneric term of abuse
Danish skiderik, stodder
  • skiderikgeneric term of abuse
  • stoddergeneric term of abuse
Dutch moederneuker, kankerlijer
  • moederneukergeneric term of abuse
  • kankerlijergeneric term of abuse
  • hoerenzoongeneric term of abuse
  • hoerenjonggeneric term of abuse
  • klerelijergeneric term of abuse
  • teringlijergeneric term of abuse
  • tyfuslijergeneric term of abuse
Esperanto amovendistinido, amovendistinidino
  • amovendistinidogeneric term of abuse
  • amovendistinidinogeneric term of abuse
  • bastardogeneric term of abuse
  • bastardinogeneric term of abuse
Estonian piider, munn
  • piidergeneric term of abuse
  • munngeneric term of abuse
  • türapeageneric term of abuse
  • värdjasgeneric term of abuse
  • sitapeageneric term of abuse
Finnish äitinsä nussija, äidin nussija
  • äitinsä nussijaliterally: One who engages in incest with their mother
  • äidin nussijaliterally: One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
  • kusipäägeneric term of abuse
  • paskiainengeneric term of abuse
  • mulkkugeneric term of abuse
French fils de pute, enculé de ta mère
  • fils de putegeneric term of abuse
  • enculé de ta mèregeneric term of abuse
  • connardgeneric term of abuse
  • connassegeneric term of abuse
  • brassièregeneric term of abuse
German Mutterficker, Mutterficker
  • Mutterfickerliterally: One who engages in incest with their mother
  • Mutterfickerliterally: One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
  • Hurensohngeneric term of abuse
  • Wichsergeneric term of abuse
  • Scheißkerlgeneric term of abuse
  • Drecksaugeneric term of abuse
  • Nuttensohngeneric term of abuse
Greek καριόλης, παλιογαμιόλης
  • καριόλης (kariólis)generic term of abuse
  • παλιογαμιόλης (paliogamiólis)generic term of abuse
  • παλιοπαπάρας (paliopapáras)generic term of abuse
  • μαλάκας (malákas)generic term of abuse
Hebrew בן זונה
  • בן זונה (ben zona)generic term of abuse
Hindi मादरचोद, कमीने
  • मादरचोद (mādarcod)generic term of abuse
  • कमीने (kamīne)generic term of abuse
Hungarian anyaszomorító, anyabaszó
  • anyaszomorítógeneric term of abuse
  • anyabaszógeneric term of abuse
  • köcsöggeneric term of abuse
Indonesian keparat, bedebah
  • keparatgeneric term of abuse
  • bedebahgeneric term of abuse
  • cukimaigeneric term of abuse
Irish mac soith, mac soithe
  • mac soithgeneric term of abuse
  • mac soithegeneric term of abuse
Italian fottimamma (translationese), figlio di puttana
  • fottimamma (translationese)literally: One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
  • figlio di puttanageneric term of abuse
  • pezzo di merdageneric term of abuse
Japanese くそったれ, 糞野郎
  • くそったれ (kusottare)generic term of abuse
  • 糞野郎 (kusoyarō)generic term of abuse
  • 下衆野郎 (gesuyarō)generic term of abuse
  • てめえ (temē)generic term of abuse
Korean 니기미 씹할놈, 개새끼
  • 니기미 씹할놈 (nigimi ssiphallom)generic term of abuse
  • 개새끼 (gaesaekki)generic term of abuse
  • 개자식 (gaejasik)generic term of abuse
  • 씨발놈 (ssiballom)generic term of abuse
  • 씹새끼 (ssipsaekki)generic term of abuse
Malay pukimak
  • pukimakgeneric term of abuse
Norwegian horunge, drittsekk
  • horungegeneric term of abuse
  • drittsekkgeneric term of abuse
  • rasshølgeneric term of abuse
  • jævelgeneric term of abuse
Persian مادر جنده, مادر قحبه
  • مادر جنده (mâdar jende)generic term of abuse
  • مادر قحبه (mâdar qahbe)generic term of abuse
Polish matkojebca, matkojebca
  • matkojebcaliterally: One who engages in incest with their mother
  • matkojebcaliterally: One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
  • skurwysyngeneric term of abuse
  • sukinsyngeneric term of abuse
  • matkojebcageneric term of abuse
  • zasraniecgeneric term of abuse
  • chujgeneric term of abuse
  • kutasgeneric term of abuse
  • gnójgeneric term of abuse
  • skurwielgeneric term of abuse
  • dupekgeneric term of abuse
  • pizdageneric term of abuse
Portuguese filho da puta, cabrão
  • filho da putageneric term of abuse
  • cabrãogeneric term of abuse
  • monte de merdageneric term of abuse
Romanian labagiu, futu-ți morții mă-tii
  • labagiugeneric term of abuse
  • futu-ți morții mă-tiigeneric term of abuse
  • futu-ți pe mă-tageneric term of abuse
  • nemernicgeneric term of abuse
  • nenorocitgeneric term of abuse
Russian заёба, су́ка
  • заёба (zajóba)generic term of abuse
  • су́ка (súka)generic term of abuse
  • ублю́док (ubljúdok)generic term of abuse
  • засра́нец (zasránec)generic term of abuse
  • муда́к (mudák)generic term of abuse
  • гад (gad)generic term of abuse
  • пидора́с (pidorás)generic term of abuse
  • пи́дор (pídor)generic term of abuse
  • говню́к (govnjúk)generic term of abuse
  • па́дла (pádla)generic term of abuse
  • мудоёб (mudojób)generic term of abuse
  • сво́лочь (svóločʹ)generic term of abuse
Slovak hajzel, zmrd
  • hajzelgeneric term of abuse
  • zmrdgeneric term of abuse
  • sviňageneric term of abuse
Spanish jodedor de su madre, hijo de puta
  • jodedor de su madreliterally: One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
  • hijo de putageneric term of abuse
  • puta madregeneric term of abuse
  • malparidogeneric term of abuse
  • malnacidogeneric term of abuse
  • huevóngeneric term of abuse
  • pendejogeneric term of abuse
  • cojudogeneric term of abuse
  • cojonudogeneric term of abuse
  • trolazogeneric term of abuse
  • rotocafégeneric term of abuse
  • hijo de la chingadageneric term of abuse
Swedish mammaknullare, jävel
  • mammaknullaregeneric term of abuse
  • jävelgeneric term of abuse
  • horungegeneric term of abuse
  • skitstövelgeneric term of abuse
Tagalog putang ina mo
  • putang ina mogeneric term of abuse
Tamil தாயோளி, தாயோளி
  • தாயோளி (tāyōḷi)literally: One who engages in incest with their mother
  • தாயோளி (tāyōḷi)generic term of abuse
Thai เย็ดแม่, เย็ดแม่ง
  • เย็ดแม่generic term of abuse
  • เย็ดแม่งgeneric term of abuse
Turkish orospu çocuğu, piç
  • orospu çocuğugeneric term of abuse
  • piçgeneric term of abuse
Ukrainian ублю́док
  • ублю́док (ubljúdok)generic term of abuse
Vietnamese địt con mẹ mày, đụ má mày
  • địt con mẹ màygeneric term of abuse
  • đụ má màygeneric term of abuse
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APA

motherfucker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motherfucker

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Chicago

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