"motherfucking" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmʌðə(ɹ)ˌfʌkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-motherfucking.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From mother + fucking, after motherfucker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mother|fucking}} mother + fucking, {{m|en|motherfucker}} motherfucker Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} motherfucking (not comparable)
  1. (vulgar) An intensifier, used in the same contexts as fucking, but more intense. Tags: not-comparable, vulgar Derived forms: Jesus motherfucking Christ, mollyfogging (english: minced oath), motherflipping (english: minced oath) Translations (an intensifier): patrinfikanta (Esperanto), vitun (Finnish), astie de [Quebec] (French), fils de pute de (French), putain de (French), saloperie de (French), tabarnak de [Quebec] (French), დედისმტყვნელი (dedismṭq̇vneli) (Georgian), anyabaszó (Hungarian), puto (Spanish), cojudo (Spanish), maldito (Spanish), estúpido (Spanish), pendejo (Spanish), jävla (Swedish), amına koduğum (Turkish), amına koduğumun (Turkish), anasını siktiğim (Turkish), anasını siktiğimin (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-motherfucking-en-adj-en:generic_intensifier Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English intensifiers Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English intensifiers: 98 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: motherfuckin

Adverb

IPA: /ˈmʌðə(ɹ)ˌfʌkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-motherfucking.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From mother + fucking, after motherfucker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mother|fucking}} mother + fucking, {{m|en|motherfucker}} motherfucker Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} motherfucking (not comparable)
  1. (strongly vulgar) To an extreme degree. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-motherfucking-en-adv-oVS33svm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: motherfuckin

Alternative forms

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