[ US /ˈkɝs/ ]
[ UK /kˈɜːs/ ]
NOUN
  1. something causing misery or death
    the bane of my life
  2. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
  3. an evil spell
    he put the whammy on me
    a witch put a curse on his whole family
  4. a severe affliction
  5. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
    expletives were deleted
VERB
  1. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
    The bad witch cursed the child
  2. heap obscenities upon
    The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
  3. utter obscenities or profanities
    The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
  4. 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

  • 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
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