curse
Meaning of curse
- 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
- an offensive word or phrase used to express anger or annoyance.
at every blow there was a curse
- invoke or use a curse against.
it often seemed as if the family had been cursed
- utter offensive words in anger or annoyance.
he cursed loudly as he burned his hand
Old English, of unknown origin.
Information about curse
- The plural form of curse is: curses.
- Languages in which curse is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of curse
curse
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- curse is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
curse synonyms
Meaning curse word:
expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss
Meaning execration:
Meaning hex:
Meaning bane:
Meaning torment:
Meaning cuss:
cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate
Meaning beshrew:
beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, imprecate, maledict
Meaning excommunicate:
Meaning a magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil; a curse:
Meaning a spoken curse:
Meaning a religion practised in parts of the Caribbean and the southern US, combining elements of Roman Catholic ritual with traditional African magical and religious rites, and characterized by sorcery and s:
Meaning a run of bad luck associated with a particular person, group, or activity:
Meaning a formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine:
Meaning the action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church:
Meaning (in Scotland, Ireland, and India) a tax or levy:
Meaning a curse:
Meaning an official or legal prohibition:
Meaning blasphemous or obscene language:
Meaning an extremely offensive word or expression:
Meaning the action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk:
Meaning a word or expression that is considered inelegant, especially one that makes explicit and offensive reference to sex or bodily functions:
Meaning the state or quality of being vulgar:
Meaning feel or express great loathing for:
Meaning curse; condemn:
Meaning put a curse on; curse:
Translation of curse
- German: lästern, fluchen, Fluch, Verwünschung
- Spanish: maldecir, jurar, blasfemar, imprecar, maldición, maleficio
- French: jurer, malédiction
- Italian: bestemmiare, imprecare, maledizione, fattura, maleficio, malefizio
- Portuguese: maldição
Anagrams of curse
crues, cruse, cures, ecrus, Sucre, sucre
Words that rhyme with curse
burse, deburse, disburse, imburse, reburse, redisburse, reimburse, accurse, becurse, excurse, incurse, occurse, outcurse, precurse, recurse, uncurse, thurse, Nurse, chargenurse, nurse, overnurse, sicknurse, undernurse, Bourse, Intercourse, aftercourse, beltcourse, bourse, concourse, course, dampcourse, decourse, directdiscourse, discourse, foldcourse, forecourse, incourse, interbourse, intercourse, lobscourse, midcourse, millcourse, minicourse, multicourse, nonintercourse, nonrecourse, outercourse, precourse, prediscourse, preintercourse