curse
[verb]
Synonyms:
- swear, blaspheme, cuss (informal), take the Lord's name in vain
- damn, anathematize, excommunicate
[noun]
Synonyms:
- oath, blasphemy, expletive, obscenity, swearing, swearword
- denunciation, anathema, ban, excommunication, hoodoo (informal), jinx
- affliction, bane, hardship, plague, scourge, torment, trouble

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Antonyms: blessing, bless
Related Idioms: call down curses on the head of, call down evil on, curse up a storm
Related Words: execration, objurgation, damning, denunciation, blasphemy, profanation, profanity, sacrilege, blaspheme, blight, doom

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English Thesaurus: magic, witchcraft, spell, curse, the occult, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. curse¹ /kɜːs $ kɜːrs/ verb

1. [intransitive] to swear:
Gilbert was cursing under his breath.

2. [transitive] to say or think bad things about someone or something because they have made you angry:
He cursed his bad luck in arriving just after she’d left.
curse somebody/something for (doing) something
Elsa cursed herself for believing his lies.

3. [transitive] to ask God or a magical power to harm someone
curse somebody ↔ out phrasal verb American English informal
to swear at someone who has made you angry

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. curse² noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: curs]

1. a swear word or words that you say because you are very angry:
He muttered a curse under his breath.

2. a word or sentence used to ask God or a magical power to do something bad to someone or something:
He believed that someone had put a curse on the house.

3. something that causes trouble, harm etc
curse of
Noise is one of the curses of modern-day life.

4. the curse old-fashioned a menstrual period

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

curse
noun
I. word used for expressing anger
ADJ. impatient
VERB + CURSE mutter, utter

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

curse
II. wish that sth terrible will happen to sb
VERB + CURSE utter | put
PREP. under a ~ She thought that she must be under a curse.
~ on/upon The witch is supposed to have put a curse on the house.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

curse
verb
ADV. roundly | loudly | quietly, softly, under your breath He cursed under his breath as the spanner slipped.
inwardly, silently
PREP. for I cursed her roundly for being late.
PHRASES curse the day He was now cursing the day he had ever got involved in the project.
curse your luck She cursed her luck that she had had to queue for so long.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

magic noun [uncountable] the power to make impossible things happen, by saying special words or doing special actions:
In the story, she uses magic to turn him into a frog.
Local people believe that he can heal wounds and illnesses using magic.
witchcraft noun [uncountable] the use of magic, usually to do bad things:
Hundreds of women were accused of witchcraft in the 1600s.
spell noun [countable] a special set of words or actions that are used to make something happen by magic:
a magic spell
An evil witch cast a spell on him (=said a special set of words or did a special series of actions, in order to make something happen to someone by magic), turning him into a beast.
curse (also hex American English) noun [countable] something that makes someone or something have bad luck:
The house seemed to have a curse on it.
People believed the pharaoh would put a curse on (=use magic to make them have bad luck)anyone who broke into the tomb.
She believed her former husband had put a hex on her.
the occult mysterious powers and events that involve magic and spirits:
He was very interested in the occult.
voodoo noun [uncountable] magical beliefs and practices used as a form of religion:
a voodoo curse
In Haiti, the people still practice voodoo.

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