What is "curse" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does curse mean in English? Meaning of curse definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "curse" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "curse": profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

Noun

  • Meaning: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
  • Example: expletives were deleted
  • Synonyms: curse curse word cuss expletive oath swearing swearword
  • Hypernyms: profanity
  • Pronunciation in US: /kɝːs/

    Pronunciation in UK: /kɜːs/

    Meaning of "curse": utter obscenities or profanities

    Verb

  • Meaning: utter obscenities or profanities
  • Example: The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
  • Synonyms: blaspheme curse cuss imprecate swear
  • Hypernyms: express give tongue to utter verbalise verbalize
  • Pronunciation in US: /kɝːs/

    Pronunciation in UK: /kɜːs/

    Meaning of "curse": an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

    Noun

  • Meaning: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
  • Synonyms: condemnation curse execration
  • Hyponyms: anathema imprecation malediction
  • Hypernyms: denouncement denunciation
  • Pronunciation in US: /kɝːs/

    Pronunciation in UK: /kɜːs/

    Meaning of "curse": heap obscenities upon

    Verb

  • Meaning: heap obscenities upon
  • Example: The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
  • Synonyms: curse
  • Hypernyms: abuse blackguard clapperclaw shout
  • Pronunciation in US: /kɝːs/

    Pronunciation in UK: /kɜːs/

    Meaning of "curse": an evil spell

    Noun

  • Meaning: an evil spell
  • Example: a witch put a curse on his whole family he put the whammy on me
  • Synonyms: curse hex jinx whammy
  • Hypernyms: charm magic spell magical spell spell
  • Pronunciation in US: /kɝːs/

    Pronunciation in UK: /kɜːs/

    Meaning of "curse": wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

    Verb

  • Meaning: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
  • Example: The bad witch cursed the child
  • Synonyms: anathemise anathemize bedamn beshrew curse damn imprecate maledict
  • Hypernyms: arouse bring up call down call forth conjure conjure up evoke invoke put forward raise stir
  • Antonyms: bless
  • Pronunciation in US: /kɝːs/

    Pronunciation in UK: /kɜːs/

    Meaning of "curse": something causing misery or death

    Noun

  • Meaning: something causing misery or death
  • Example: the bane of my life
  • Synonyms: bane curse nemesis scourge
  • Hypernyms: affliction
  • Pronunciation in US: /kɝːs/

    Pronunciation in UK: /kɜːs/

    Meaning of "curse": exclude from a church or a religious community

    Verb

  • Meaning: exclude from a church or a religious community
  • Example: The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
  • Synonyms: curse excommunicate unchurch
  • Hypernyms: exclude keep out shut shut out
  • Antonyms: communicate
  • Pronunciation in US: /kɝːs/

    Pronunciation in UK: /kɜːs/

    Meaning of "curse": a severe affliction

    Noun

  • Meaning: a severe affliction
  • Synonyms: curse torment
  • Hypernyms: affliction
  • Pronunciation in US: /kɝːs/

    Pronunciation in UK: /kɜːs/

    Synonyms:

    bane, obscenity, expletive, profanity, whammy, obloquy, malediction, swearing, execration, sacrilege, blasphemy, profanation, commination, imprecation, anathema, damning, denunciation, ban, fulmination, oath, vilification, dirty word, double whammy, four-letter word, swear word, cursing, blaspheming, cussing, cuss word, dirty name, malison, naughty words, no-no, objuration, disaster, scourge, evil, bane, calamity, burden, jinx, pestilence, Cancer, ordeal, cross, torment, plague, affliction, voodoo, tribulation, trouble, vexation, evil eye, hydra, cuss, imprecate, blaspheme, flame, execrate, bedamn, be foul-mouthed, take name in vain, talk dirty, use bad language, utter profanity,

    Antonyms:

    piety, reverence, compliment, praise, good luck, advantage, boon, happiness, contentment, aid, compliment, praise, blessing, good fortune, benefit, fortune, comfort, help, peace,

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