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- Dictionarycurse/kəːs/
noun
- 1. a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something: "she'd put a curse on him" Similar
- 2. a coarse or blasphemous word or phrase used to express anger or other strong emotion: "his mouth was spitting vile oaths and curses" Similar
verb
- 1. invoke or use a curse against: "it often seemed as if the family had been cursed" Similar
- 2. use coarse or blasphemous language to express anger or other strong emotion: "he cursed loudly as he burned his hand" Similar
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CURSE definition: 1. to use a word or an expression that is not polite, usually when you are very angry: 2. to be…. Learn more.
1. : a prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon one : imprecation. People believe that there is a curse on the house. 2. : a profane or obscene oath or word. In an antechamber, his lieutenants suddenly heard the shattering of glass and angry curses. Sam Moses. 3. : something that is cursed or accursed.
CURSE definition: 1. magic words that are intended to bring bad luck to someone: 2. a rude or offensive word or…. Learn more.
A curse is rude or offensive language which someone uses, usually because they are angry. He shot her an angry look and a curse. American English : curse / ˈkɜrs /
[countable] a word or phrase that has a magic power to make something bad happen. The family thought that they were under a curse. The witch is supposed to have put a curse on the house. compare hex. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. [countable] something that causes harm or evil. the curse of drug addiction. Noise is a curse of modern city life.
When you curse, you say words you wouldn't want your mother or your priest to hear you saying. A curse can also be wishing something awful on someone, like the witch who puts a curse on Sleeping Beauty.
1. a profane or obscene expression of anger, disgust, surprise, etc; oath. 2. an appeal to a supernatural power for harm to come to a specific person, group, etc. 3. harm resulting from an appeal to a supernatural power: to be under a curse. 4. something that brings or causes great trouble or harm.
Curse definition: the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.. See examples of CURSE used in a sentence.
Curse Definition. A calling on God or the gods to send evil or injury down on some person or thing. A profane, obscene, or blasphemous oath, imprecation, etc. expressing hatred, anger, vexation, etc. Evil or injury that seems to come in answer to a curse. Any cause of evil or injury.
Definitions of 'curse' 1. If you curse, you use very impolite or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something. [written] [...] 2. If you curse someone, you say insulting things to them because you are angry with them. [...] 3. If you curse something, you complain angrily about it, especially using very impolite language. [...]
