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Definition of 'curse'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) curse
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall someone.

2.  curse
a formula or charm intended to cause such misfortune to another.

3.  curse
the act of reciting such a formula.

4.  curse
a profane or obscene word, esp. as used in anger or for emphasis; swearword.

5.  curse
an evil or misfortune that has been invoked upon one.

6.  curse
the cause of evil, misfortune, or trouble.

7.  curse
something accursed.

8.  curse
Slang. the menstrual period (usu. prec. by the).

9.  curse
an ecclesiastical censure or anathema.

10. (v.t.) curse
to wish or invoke evil, calamity, injury, or destruction upon.

11.  curse
to swear at.

12.  curse
to blaspheme.

13.  curse
to afflict with great evil.

14.  curse
to excommunicate.

15. (v.i.) curse
to utter curses; swear profanely.

Etymology: (bef. 1050; ME curs (n.), cursen (v.), OE curs (n.), cursian (v.), of disputed orig.)

Definition of 'curse'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
"expletives were deleted"

2. (noun) execration, condemnation, curse
an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

3. (noun) hex, jinx, curse, whammy
an evil spell
"a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"

4. (noun) bane, curse, scourge, nemesis
something causing misery or death
"the bane of my life"

5. (verb) curse, torment
a severe affliction

6. (verb) curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate
utter obscenities or profanities
"The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"

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

8. (verb) curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
"The bad witch cursed the child"

9. (verb) excommunicate, unchurch, curse
exclude from a church or a religious community
"The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"

Definition of 'curse'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) curse
magical words with a powerful negative effect
The witch put a curse on the old woman.

2.  curse
trouble or the harmful effect of sth
the curse of being smarter than all your friends

3.  curse
a swear word
***He shouted a curse at them.

4. (verb) curse
to swear at
He was screaming and cursing at us.

5.  curse
to think or say negative things about
I cursed myself for being so stupid.

6.  curse
to say magical words to harm sb
***The witch had cursed her.

Definition of 'curse'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) curse
to call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate

2. (verb) curse
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

3. (verb) curse
to utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear

4. (verb) curse
an invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction

5. (verb) curse
evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation

6. (verb) curse
the cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment

Translation of 'curse'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to wish that evil may fall upon I curse the day that I was born!; The witch cursed him.
Afrikaans: bevloek	Arabic: يَلعَن	Bulgarian: проклятие
Brazilian: amaldiçoar	Czech: proklínat	German: verfluchen
Danish: forbande	Greek: καταριέμαι	Spanish: maldecir
Estonian: needma	Farsi: نفرین کردن	Finnish: kirota
French: maudire	Hebrew: לְקָלֵל	Hindi: शाप देना
Croatian: prokleti	Hungarian: (meg)átkoz	Indonesian: mengutuk
Icelandic: bölva, formæla	Italian: maledire	Japanese: のろう
Korean: 저주하다	Lithuanian: prakeikti	Latvian: nolādēt
Malay: sumpah	Dutch: vervloeken	Norwegian: forbanne
Polish: przeklinać	Persian: نفرین کردن	Pashto: لعنت ویل
Portuguese: amaldiçoar	Romanian: a blestema	Russian: проклинать
Slovak: preklínať	Slovenian: preklinjati, prekleti	Serbian: proklinjati
Swedish: förbanna, fördöma	Thai: สาปแช่ง	Turkish: lânetlemek, beddua etmek
Taiwanese: 詛咒	Ukrainian: клясти; проклинати	Urdu: لعنت بهيجنا، بد دعا دينا
Vietnamese: chửi rủa	Chinese: 诅咒
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