Curse

[kɜːs] or [kɝs]

Definition

(noun.) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; 'expletives were deleted'.

(noun.) a severe affliction.

(verb.) utter obscenities or profanities; 'The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street'.

(verb.) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; 'The bad witch cursed the child'.

(verb.) heap obscenities upon; 'The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger'.

Editor: Rae--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

(v. t.) To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

(v. i.) To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.

(v. t.) An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction.

(v. t.) Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation.

(v. t.) The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Execrate, anathematize, denounce, invoke or imprecate evil upon.

v. n. Utter curses.

n. [1]. Malediction, anathema, execration, imprecation, fulmination, denunciation, ban.[2]. Scourge, plague, torment, affliction, trouble, vexation, annoyance, bitter pill, thorn in the side.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Execrate

ANT:Bless

SYN:Malediction, execration, imprecation, denunciation, anathema, bane, blight

ANT:Blessing, benediction, joy, crown, glory

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Definition

v.t. to invoke or wish evil upon: to devote to perdition: to vex or torment.—v.i. to utter imprecations: to swear.—n. the invocation or wishing of evil or harm upon: evil invoked on another: torment: any great evil.—adj. Curs′ed under a curse: blasted by a curse: hateful.—adv. Curs′edly.—ns. Curs′edness; Curs′er; Curs′ing.—adj. Curst cursed: deserving a curse: ill-tempered: shrewish: froward.—n. Curst′ness state of being curst: peevishness: frowardness.

Typist: Rex

Unserious Contents or Definition

v.t. Energetically to belabor with a verbal slap-stick. This is an operation which in literature particularly in the drama is commonly fatal to the victim. Nevertheless the liability to a cursing is a risk that cuts but a small figure in fixing the rates of life insurance.

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Examples

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