swear; blaspheme; wish evil on someone or something
swear word; evil proclamation, imprecation; misfortune
(Slang) menstruation, menstrual period (Physiology)
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Curse Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Curse Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. t.)
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
(v. t.)
Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation.
Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation.
(v. t.)
An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction.
An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction.
(v. i.)
To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
curse
\curse\, v. i. to utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear. then began he to curse and to swear. xxi. 74. his spirits hear me, and yet i need must curse.
curse
\curse\, n. [as. curs. see curse, v. t.]
1. an invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction. lady, you know no rules of charity, which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.
2. evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation. the priest shall write these curses in a book. v. 23. curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
3. the cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment. the common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance. all that i eat, or drink, or shall beget, is propagated curse.
similar words(6)
venus`s curse
curse word
not worth a curse
to curse by bell
the curse of scotland
to curse by bell book and candle
Origin
A Chinese proverb - 'Don't curse the darkness - light a candle.' Used by Adlai Stevenson (1900-65), praising Eleanor Roosevelt in an address to the United Nations General Assembly in 1962 - 'She would rather light candles than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.'
© 2004 The Phrase Finder. Take a look at Phrase Finder’s sister site, the Phrases Thesaurus, a subscription service for professional writers & language lovers.A Chinese proverb - 'Don't curse the darkness - light a candle.' Used by Adlai Stevenson (1900-65), praising Eleanor Roosevelt in an address to the United Nations General Assembly in 1962 - 'She would rather light candles than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.'
Cabl = n. blasphemy, curse
Melldith = n. a curse
Melldithio = v. to curse
Rheg = n. a present; a curse
Rhegi = v. to consign; to curse
Curse, (v.t.)
Energetically to belabor with a verbal slap-stick. This is an operation which in literature, particularly in the drama, is commonly fatal to the victim. Nevertheless, the liability to a cursing is a risk that cuts but a small figure in fixing the rates of life insurance.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)Energetically to belabor with a verbal slap-stick. This is an operation which in literature, particularly in the drama, is commonly fatal to the victim. Nevertheless, the liability to a cursing is a risk that cuts but a small figure in fixing the rates of life insurance.
cures
Noun
1. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"
(synonym) curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss
(hypernym) profanity
2. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
(synonym) execration, condemnation
(hypernym) denunciation, denouncement
(hyponym) anathema
(derivation) beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
3. an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
(synonym) hex, jinx, whammy
(hypernym) spell, magic spell, charm
(derivation) beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
4. something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
(synonym) bane, scourge, nemesis
(hypernym) affliction
5. a severe affliction
(synonym) torment
(hypernym) affliction
Verb
1. utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
(synonym) cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate
(hypernym) express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
(verb-group) blaspheme
(derivation) curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss
2. heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
(hypernym) abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout
(derivation) curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss
3. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
(synonym) beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
(antonym) bless
(hypernym) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
(derivation) hex, jinx, whammy
4. exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
(synonym) excommunicate
(hypernym) exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
(verb-group) excommunicate
Curse Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
We bless and curse ourselves. Some dreams are divine, as well as some waking thoughts. Donne sings of one "Who dreamt devoutlier than most use to pray." Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. We are scarcely less afflicted when we remember some unworthiness in our conduct in a dream, than if it had been actual, and the intensity of our grief, which is our atonement, measures inversely the degree by which this is separated from an actual unworthiness. For in dreams we but act a part which must have been learned and rehearsed in our waking hours, and no doubt could discover some waking consent thereto. If this meanness has not its foundation in us, why are we grieved at it? In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting out our real characters, even more clearly than we see others awake. But an unwavering and commanding virtue would compel even its most fantastic and faintest dreams to respect its ever wakeful authority; as we are accustomed to say carelessly, we should never have dreamed of such a thing. Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Curse Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A curse (also called execration) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity—one or more persons, a place, or an object. In particular, "curse" may refer to a wish that harm or hurt will be inflicted by any supernatural powers, such as a spell, a prayer, an imprecation, an execration, magic, witchcraft, God, a natural force, or a spirit. In many belief systems, the curse itself (or accompanying ritual) is considered to have some causative force in the result.
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Curse Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
denounced by God against the serpent (Gen. 3:14), and against Cain (4:11). These divine maledictions carried their effect with them. Prophetical curses were sometimes pronounced by holy men (Gen. 9:25; 49:7; Deut. 27:15; Josh. 6:26). Such curses are not the consequence of passion or revenge, they are predictions. No one on pain of death shall curse father or mother (Ex. 21:17), nor the prince of his people (22:28), nor the deaf (Lev. 19:14). Cursing God or blaspheming was punishable by death (Lev. 24:10-16). The words "curse God and die" (R.V., "renounce God and die"), used by Job's wife (Job 2:9), have been variously interpreted. Perhaps they simply mean that as nothing but death was expected, God would by this cursing at once interpose and destroy Job, and so put an end to his sufferings.
highness, magnificence, one that deceives; curse
an oak; a curse; perjury
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About
Conscious direction of negative energy towards a person, place, or object.
