| curse | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.; "expletives were deleted" |
| ~ profanity | vulgar or irreverent speech or action. |
| n. (communication) | 2. condemnation, curse, execration | an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group. |
| ~ denouncement, denunciation | a public act of denouncing. |
| ~ anathema | a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication. |
| ~ imprecation, malediction | the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult).; "he suffered the imprecations of the mob" |
| n. (communication) | 3. curse, hex, jinx, whammy | an evil spell.; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" |
| ~ magic spell, magical spell, charm, spell | a verbal formula believed to have magical force.; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" |
| n. (state) | 4. bane, curse, nemesis, scourge | something causing misery or death.; "the bane of my life" |
| ~ affliction | a cause of great suffering and distress. |
| n. (event) | 5. curse, torment | a severe affliction. |
| ~ affliction | a cause of great suffering and distress. |
| v. (communication) | 6. blaspheme, curse, cuss, imprecate, swear | utter obscenities or profanities.; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" |
| ~ blaspheme | speak of in an irreverent or impious manner.; "blaspheme God" |
| ~ give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" |
| v. (communication) | 7. curse | heap obscenities upon.; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger" |
| ~ blackguard, clapperclaw, abuse, shout | use foul or abusive language towards.; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" |
| v. (communication) | 8. anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict | wish harm upon; invoke evil upon.; "The bad witch cursed the child" |
| ~ bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, arouse, put forward, evoke, stir, raise | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" |
| v. (communication) | 9. curse, excommunicate, unchurch | exclude from a church or a religious community.; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" |
| ~ excommunicate | oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree. |
| ~ keep out, shut out, exclude, shut | prevent from entering; shut out.; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" |
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