curse

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[ US /ˈkɝs/ ]
[ UK /kˈɜːs/ ]

NOUN

something causing misery or death
the bane of my life
an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
an evil spell
he put the whammy on me
a witch put a curse on his whole family
a severe affliction
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
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VERB

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

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How To Use curse In A Sentence

This is a play where priests are elderly and drunk, old ladies mutter curses and blessings, supernatural visions are everywhere and nobody can open their mouth without uttering a mystical insight.
Whenever I express my penchant for reality television in the circle of snide, knowing, not-as-smart-as-they-think-they-are crosspatches that I'm cursed to call friends, I often do so defensively.
His foot was throbbing madly, but he gave the door another kick, muttering more curses under his breath.
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.

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