curse

Plural: curses

Noun

• profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
• an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
• an evil spell
  • "a witch put a curse on his whole family"
• something causing misery or death
• a severe affliction
• A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
• A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
• The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
• A vulgar epithet.
• A woman's menses.

Verb

Verb Forms: cursed, curst, cursing, curses

• To invoke harm upon; to utter profanity.
• utter obscenities or profanities
• heap obscenities upon
  • "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
• wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
  • "The bad witch cursed the child"
• exclude from a church or a religious community
• To place a curse upon (a person or object).
• To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
• To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
• To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
• 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.

Examples

• When his opponent blocked his potential bingo, he felt like he could CURSE out loud.

Synonyms

anathemise, anathemize, bane, bedamn, beshrew, blaspheme, condemnation, curse word, cuss, damn, excommunicate, execration, expletive, hex, imprecate, jinx, maledict, nemesis, oath, scourge, swear, swearing, swearword, torment, unchurch, whammy, Aunt Flo, Aunt Frieda, Aunt Rose, Bloody Mary, Charlie, Jennie, Monica, OTB, Rita Red Pants, Tom, Tommy, afflict, affliction, anathema, bad word, ban, bewitch, blob, blood sports, blowjob week, breaching the beaver dam, catamenia, caught short, closed for maintenance, come crook, comminate, country cousin, courses, crimson tide, crimson wave, curse, curse like a pagan, curse like a sailor, curse like a trooper, curse of Eve, curse of Tom, cussword, dirty word, dropping clots, eff and blind, eff and jeff, ensorcell, entertaining the general, execrate, fall off the roof, fallen to the Communists, flashing the red flag, flowers, flying baker, flying the red flag, foul word, four-letter word, friend, grandma George, granny, granny grunts, have one's moons, have the painters in, have the rag on, high tide, holy week, illness, in the red tent, lady problems, lady time, little sister, malediction, maleficiate, menstrual period, menstruation, menstruation period, monthlies, monthly bill, monthly friend, monthly period, monthly visitor, mooncup time, moontime, mother nature, obscenity, off games, old faithful, on, on a streak, on the blob, on the cloth, on the rag, out of order, paddling in scarlet waters, period, plague, poorliness, profanity, ragging, red sails in the sunset, red-headed aunt, red-letter day, riding the cotton pony, riding the red river, shaft, shark week, so, so-so, squiffy, surfing the crimson tide, surfing the crimson wave, surrendering to the red army, swear like a cutter, swear like a pagan, swear like a sailor, swear like a trooper, the Reds are playing at home, the captain is home, the cardinal is home, the flag is out, the flag is up, time for an oil change, time of the month, turn the air blue, up on blocks, vilify, vulgarity, woman's week, wreak

Antonyms

bless, communicate

Anagrams of curse