Overview of noun curse

The noun curse has 5 senses

• curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss -- (profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted")


• execration, condemnation, curse -- (an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group)


• hex, jinx, curse, whammy -- (an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me")


• bane, curse, scourge, nemesis -- (something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life")


• curse, torment -- (a severe affliction)

Overview of verb curse

The verb curse has 4 senses

• curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate -- (utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street")


• curse -- (heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger")


• curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict -- (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child")


• excommunicate, unchurch, curse -- (exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner")