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List of meaning for curse

to make a statement that promises something bad or deadly will happen

curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss(noun)

profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

"expletives were deleted"

execration, condemnation, curse(noun)

an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

hex, jinx, curse, whammy(noun)

an evil spell

"a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"

bane, curse, scourge, nemesis(noun)

something causing misery or death

"the bane of my life"

curse, torment(verb)

a severe affliction

curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate(verb)

utter obscenities or profanities

"The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"

curse(verb)

heap obscenities upon

"The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"

curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict(verb)

wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

"The bad witch cursed the child"

excommunicate, unchurch, curse(verb)

exclude from a church or a religious community

"The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"

a prayer that harm will come to someone

uttered a curse upon his persecutor from the scaffold

a disrespectful or indecent word or expression

started muttering curses after hitting his thumb with the hammer

a source of harm or misfortune

intolerance of personal differences is a curse of humanity

to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon

I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want

to cause persistent suffering to

misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house

to use offensive or indecent language

you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse

to use profane or obscene language at or about

cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time

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