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curse

Nouns

• (n) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
  • expletives were deleted
  curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss,
• (n) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group execration, condemnation,
• (n) an evil spell
  • a witch put a curse on his whole family
  • he put the whammy on me
  hex, jinx, whammy,
• (n) something causing misery or death
  • the bane of my life
  bane, nemesis, scourge,
• (n) a severe affliction torment,

Verbs

• (v) utter obscenities or profanities
  • The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
  blaspheme, cuss, swear, imprecate,
• (v) heap obscenities upon
  • The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
• (v) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
  • The bad witch cursed the child
  anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict,
• (v) exclude from a church or a religious community
  • The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
  excommunicate, unchurch,

Synonyms

curse word expletive oath swearing swearword cuss blaspheme swear imprecate execration condemnation hex jinx whammy anathemise anathemize bedamn beshrew damn maledict bane nemesis scourge excommunicate unchurch torment

Antonyms

bless communicate

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