| 单词 | curse |
| 释义 | curse (once / 133 pages) 1nv 2nv 3v When you curse, you say words you wouldn't want your mother or your priest to hear you saying. A curse can also be wishing something awful on someone, like the witch who puts a curse on Sleeping Beauty. When you hear "maledizione!" in an Italian opera, somebody's having a curse placed on them. The Italian word tells you just what a curse is — it's a "bad saying" — a really bad saying. Like "May you and all your family have nothing but Brussels sprouts to eat forever and ever!" That would be a curse. As a verb, the act of cursing will lead to getting your mouth washed out with soap. WORD FAMILYcurse: cursed, curses, cursing+/cursed: cursedest, cursedly USAGE EXAMPLESAn angry crowd cursed the government, even after a representative of Mr. Sadr tried to calm them. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) That’s a curse for companies that aim at a mass market, America’s traditional strength. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) He banned cursing and reprimanded coaches who broke the rule. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group Syn|Hypo|Hyper condemnation, execration anathema a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication imprecation, maledictionthe act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) denouncement, denunciation a public act of denouncing 2n an evil spell a witch put a curse on his whole family Syn|Hyper hex, jinx, whammy charm, magic spell, magical spell, spell a verbal formula believed to have magical force 3n a severe affliction Syn|Hyper torment affliction a cause of great suffering and distress 4n something causing misery or death Syn|Hyper bane, nemesis, scourge affliction a cause of great suffering and distress 5v wish harm upon; invoke evil upon 2The bad witch cursed the child Syn|Ant|Hyper anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict bless give a benediction to arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic 1n profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger Syn|Hyper curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword profanity vulgar or irreverent speech or action 2v utter obscenities or profanities The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street Syn|Hyper blaspheme, cuss, imprecate, swear blaspheme speak of in an irreverent or impious manner express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise 3v heap obscenities upon 3The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger Hyper abuse, blackguard, clapperclaw, shout use foul or abusive language towards v exclude from a church or a religious community Syn|Ant|Hyper excommunicate, unchurch excommunicate oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree communicate administer Communion; in church commune, communicatereceive Communion, in the Catholic church exclude, keep out, shut, shut out prevent from entering; shut out |
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