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curse

UK/kɜːs/ US/kɝs/ common slang
verb (4) noun (5)

verb

1.

utter obscenities or profanities

  • “The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street”
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2.

heap obscenities upon

  • “The taxi driver who felt he didn”
3.

wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

  • “The bad witch cursed the child”
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4.

exclude from a church or a religious community

  • “The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner”
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noun

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an evil spell

  • “a witch put a curse on his whole family”
  • “he put the whammy on me”
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4.

something causes misery or death

  • “the bane of my life”
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5.

Origin

From Middle English cursen, corsen, coursen, from Old English corsian, cursian (“to curse”), from the noun (see above).

Phrases

  • a blessing and a curse
  • Assad curse
  • Assad must go curse
  • better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
  • Celtic curse
  • commentator's curse
  • Corsican curse
  • curse it
  • curse like a pagan
  • curse like a sailor
  • curse like a trooper
  • curse of Cain

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