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curse
I. \ˈkərs, -ə̄s, -əis\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English curs, from Old English
1.
a. : a calling to a deity to visit evil on one : a solemn pronouncement or invoking of doom or great evil on one : an imprecation for harm
b. : any utterance marked by malediction or execration : oath
c. : evil effects brought about by a curse or by or as if by something cursed
< a witch putting a curse on them >
< an ancient house and family on which a curse had long rested >
2. : excommunication or anathema : formal and extreme church censure
3. : something that is cursed or worthy of being cursed : an evil, misfortune, or source of harm : scourge
< intolerance is the greatest curse of every land — Kenneth Roberts >
< such curses as yaws and malaria — Robert Trumbull >
4. : menstruation — used with the
II. \“ or, as a vi & in vt sense 2c, ˈkəs\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English cursen, from Old English cursian, from curs, n.
transitive verb
1. : to rail at typically impiously and profanely : blaspheme
< cursing his god >
< cursing his wretched fate >
2.
a. : to utter words calculated to consign to great evil : assign to an evil fate : damn, doom
< a blasphemer cursed by his gods >
b. : to pronounce a formal curse on : anathematize, excommunicate
< an act cursed by the high church council >
c. : to swear at : call on fate to visit with dire misfortune and evil : invoke divine vengeance or anger against — sometimes used with out
< he cursed out his treacherous ally >
< cursing his servant for his stupidity >
3. : to bring evil on : visit with retribution : punish with wrath sometimes divine : endow to one's detriment : afflict, harass
< cursed with misfortunes >
< cursed by society as always outcast >
< cursed by misplaced loyalties >
intransitive verb
: to utter curses, oaths, and imprecations : swear
< rebuked for his cursing >
< he curses too much >
Synonyms: see execrate |