Curse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
  • n. The evil or misfortune that comes in or as if in response to such an appeal: bewailed the curse of ill health.
  • n. One that is accursed.
  • n. A source or cause of evil; a scourge: "Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race” ( William Ewart Gladstone).
  • n. A profane word or phrase; a swearword.
  • n. Ecclesiastical A censure, ban, or anathema.
  • n. Slang Menstruation. Used with the.
  • v. To invoke evil or misfortune upon; damn.
  • v. To swear at.
  • v. To bring evil upon; afflict: was cursed with crippling arthritis.
  • v. Ecclesiastical To put under a ban or an anathema; excommunicate.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter curses; swear.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
  • n. A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
  • n. A vulgar epithet.
  • n. A woman's monthly period.
  • v. To place a curse upon (a person or object).
  • v. To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet at someone or something.
  • v. To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
  • v. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
  • n. An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction.
  • n. Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation.
  • n. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The expression of a wish of evil to another; an imprecation of evil; a malediction.
  • n. Evil which has been solemnly invoked upon one.
  • n. That which brings or causes evil or severe affliction or trouble; a great evil; a bane; a scourge: the opposite of blessing: as, strong drink is a curse to millions.
  • n. Condemnation; sentence of evil or punishment.
  • To wish evil to; imprecate or invoke evil upon; call down calamity, injury, or destruction upon; execrate in speech.
  • Hence To put under ecclesiastical ban or anathema; excommunicate; condemn or sentence to the disabilities of excommunication.
  • To bring or place a curse upon; blight or blast with a curse or malignant evils; vex, harass, or afflict with great calamities.
  • To utter imprecations; affirm or deny with imprecations of divine vengeance; use blasphemous or profane language; swear.
  • n. Literally, a cress: in popular use identified with curse, an imprecation, and used only as a symbol of utter worthlessness in certain negative expressions: as, “not worth a curse,” “to care not a curse,” etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. heap obscenities upon
  • v. utter obscenities or profanities
  • n. something causing misery or death
  • v. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
  • n. a severe affliction
  • n. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
  • n. an evil spell
  • n. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
  • v. exclude from a church or a religious community
  • Antonym
    bless   
    Verb Form
    cursed    curses    cursing    curst   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    abuse    clapperclaw    blackguard    shout    verbalise    give tongue to    express    verbalize    utter    affliction   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    curst   
    Form
    cursed    curst    cursing    curse of Scotland   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    execrate    swear    execration    malediction    imprecation    torment    blaspheme    profane    pest    anathematize   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Perse    adverse    averse    biodiverse    burse    coerce    converse    disburse    disperse    diverse   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cry    oath    laughter    threat    rage    sorrow    whisper    horror    abuse    exclamation