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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.
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 /
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.
[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.
CURSE definition: 1. magic words that are intended to bring bad luck to someone: 2. a rude or offensive word or…. Learn more.
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.
A curse (also called an imprecation, malediction, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or an object.
