curse

curse  (kûrs)

n.

1.

a. An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.

b. The evil or misfortune that comes in or as if in response to such an appeal: bewailed the curse of ill health.

2. One that is accursed.

3. A source or cause of evil; a scourge: "Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race" (William Ewart Gladstone).

4. A profane word or phrase; a swearword.

5. Ecclesiastical A censure, ban, or anathema.

6. Slang Menstruation. Used with the.

v. cursed or curst (kûrst), curs·ing, curs·es

v.tr.

1. To invoke evil or misfortune upon; damn.

2. To swear at.

3. To bring evil upon; afflict: was cursed with crippling arthritis.

4. Ecclesiastical To put under a ban or an anathema; excommunicate.

v.intr.

To utter curses; swear.

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[Middle English, from Old English curs.]

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curser n.

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curse

Verb

[cursing, cursed]

1. to swear or swear at (someone)

2. to call on supernatural powers to bring harm to (someone or something)

Noun

1. a profane or obscene expression, usually of anger

2. an appeal to a supernatural power for harm to come to a person

3. harm resulting from a curse

4. something that causes great trouble or harm

5. the curse Informal menstruation or a menstrual period [Old English cursian]

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Curse of painters: painters collectively, 1486; a curse of creditors—Lipton, 1970.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	curse - profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, curse word, cuss profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action
	2.	curse - an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group execration, condemnation denouncement, denunciation - a public act of denouncing anathema - a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication imprecation, malediction - the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"
	3.	curse - an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" hex, jinx, whammy magic spell, magical spell, charm, spell - a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"
	4.	curse - something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" bane, nemesis, scourge affliction - a cause of great suffering and distress
	5.	curse - a severe affliction                   torment affliction - a cause of great suffering and distress
Verb	1.	curse - utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" blaspheme, cuss, swear, imprecate blaspheme - speak of in an irreverent or impious manner; "blaspheme God" give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
	2.	curse - heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger" blackguard, clapperclaw, abuse, shout - use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"
	3.	curse - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise - summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" bless - give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
	4.	curse - exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" excommunicate, unchurch excommunicate - oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree keep out, shut out, exclude, shut - prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"

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curse

verb 1. swear, cuss (informal) blaspheme, use bad language, turn the air blue (informal) be foul-mouthed, take the Lord's name in vain

verb 2. abuse, damn, scold, swear at, revile, vilify, fulminate, execrate, vituperate, imprecate

verb 3. put a curse on, damn, doom, jinx, excommunicate, execrate, put a jinx on, accurse, imprecate, anathematize

4. afflict, trouble, burden

noun 5. oath, obscenity, blasphemy, expletive, profanity, imprecation, swearword

noun 6. malediction, jinx, anathema, hoodoo (informal) evil eye, excommunication, imprecation, execration

noun 7. affliction, evil, plague, scourge, cross, trouble, disaster, burden, ordeal, torment, hardship, misfortune, calamity, tribulation, bane, vexation

Translations

curse [kəːs] vi → echar pestes

vt → maldecir

n → maldición f (= swearword); palabrota

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curse [kəːs] vi → jurer, blasphémer

vt → maudire

n (= spell) → malédiction f (= problem, scourge); fléau m (= swearword); juron m

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curse [kəːs] vi → fluchen

vt → verfluchen

n → Fluch m

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curse [kəːs] vt → maledire

vi → bestemmiare

n → maledizione f; bestemmia

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curse

v curse [kəːs]

1 to wish that evil may fall upon I curse the day that I was born!; The witch cursed him. bevloek يَلعَن проклятие proklínat forbande verfluchen καταριέμαι maldecir needma نفرین کردن kirota maudire לְקָלֵל शाप देना prokleti (meg)átkoz mengutuk bölva, formæla maledire のろう 저주하다 prakeikti nolādēt sumpah vervloeken forbanne przeklinać amaldiçoar a blestema проклинать preklínať preklinjati, prekleti proklinjati förbanna, fördöma สาปแช่ง lânetlemek, beddua etmek 詛咒 клясти; проклинати لعنت بهيجنا، بد دعا دينا chửi rủa 诅咒

2 to use violent language; to swear He cursed (at his own stupidity) when he dropped the hammer on his toe. vloek يَشتُم псувня klít bande; bande over fluchen βρίζω blasfemar, decir palabrotas vanduma دشنام دادن؛ ناسزا گفتن kirota sacrer לְקָלֵל धिक्कारना psovati káromkodik menyumpah bölva, blóta imprecare, bestemmiare 悪態をつく 욕하다 keikti(s) lādēties; lamāties mancarut vloeken banne; skjelle ut/huden full kląć praguejar a înjura ругаться kliať preklinjati psovati svära สบถสาบาน küfretmek, sövmek 咒罵 лаятися گالى دينا، بد زبانى كرنا nguyền rủa 咒骂

n

1 an act of cursing, or the words used the witch's curse. vloek شَتْـم клетва prokletí, kletba banden der Fluch κατάρα, βρισιά maldición sajatus نفرین؛ لعنت kirous malédiction קְלָלָה शाप kletva átok kutukan bölvun, formæling maledizione のろい 저주(의 말) (pra)keikimas, keiksmas lādēšanās; lamāšanās sihir verloeking forbannelse przekleństwo, klątwa maldição blestem проклятие prekliatie urok kletva förbannelse, svordom คำสาปแช่ง lânet, beddua 咒罵 проклін لعنت، بد دعا، گالى lời nguyền rủa 咒骂

2 a thing or person which is cursed Having to work is the curse of my life. vloek لَعنَـه، عناء، شَقاء бич kletba forbandelse der Fluch κατάρα desgracia needus مصیبت؛ بدبختی kirous malheur מְקוּלָל अपशब्द prokletnik átok terkutuk bölvun, ólán maledizione, sventura やっかいなもの 저주받은 것, 벌 prakeiktis, pragaištis lāsts; posts org terkena sumpahan vloek plage, forbannelse przekleństwo decurso blestem проклятие kliatba prekletstvo prokletstvo gissel, förbannelse สิ่งที่ถูกสาปแช่ง belâ, felâket 被咒罵之事(或人) прокляття ملعون người bị nguyền rủa 被咒骂之事（或人）

cursed with

having the misfortune to have She's cursed with a troublesome mother-in-law. bevloek مَلعونة، مُصابة بسوء الحَظ проклет, че postižený (čím) forbandet med geschlagen mit καταραμένος maldito nuheldud رنج بردن از jonkin piinaama affligé מְקוּלָל किसी के कारण बड़े कष्ट kažnjen -vel verte meg az Isten sial vera þjakaður af, sitja uppi með afflitto ～に苦しむ ...으로 괴로워하는 pasmerktas turėti nosodīts; nelaimes piemeklēts terkena sumpahan gestraft met plaget med obarczony, obciążony amaldiçoado blestemat să быть обречённым postihnutý (čím) prizadet uklet drabbad av โชคร้ายที่มี ...çeken, ...-den mustarip 因...而遭殃 страждати (від) ك‍ے دك‍ھ اٹ‍ھ‍انا، كى مصيبت س‍ہ‍نا mắc rủi ro 因...而遭殃