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US
/ˈkɝs/
]
[ UK /kˈɜːs/ ]
[ UK /kˈɜːs/ ]
NOUN
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something causing misery or death
the bane of my life - an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
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an evil spell
he put the whammy on me
a witch put a curse on his whole family - a severe affliction
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profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
expletives were deleted
VERB
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wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
The bad witch cursed the child -
heap obscenities upon
The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger -
utter obscenities or profanities
The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street -
exclude from a church or a religious community
The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
How To Use curse In A Sentence
- I. iii.21 (405,9) He shall live a man forbid] Mr. Theobald has very justly explained _forbid_ by _accursed_, but without giving any reason of his interpretation. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies
- At least Steven Pinker can tell us why we curse and why cursing is so goddamn hard to give up: All Be Galdangit
- I'm not saying I believe in curses, but I wouldn't want my mission to be the one they choose to piggyback Lightsail-1 on. Solar sails to take flight - Boing Boing
- DIDIER GONDOLA, AUTHOR, "HISTORY OF CONGO": The short answer would be that Congo has been cursed by its natural resources. CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2006
- Why do you have to go to law school and live with your girlfriend and leave me behind to languish and molder in this cursed workplace?
- The curse has come upon us. Times, Sunday Times
- It is a popular belief that the worst horrors befall whoever invites the curse of a hijra.
- She heard him curse softly and then he shifted his wait, effectively blocking her attempt at freedom.
- Their cursed digital cameras flared out those blinding blue and green lights throughout the concert.
- Here is my compile command "cc - Wall - lncurses - o twinkle twinkle. c" I am using fedora 12. 'env' shows that TERM = linux. LinuxQuestions.org
