vverb.communicationutter obscenities or profanitiesSynset:blaspheme curse cuss imprecate swear
Examples:- The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
Derivationally Related Form:cussswearingcurseswearer
Hypernyms:express give tongue to utter verbalise verbalize
Inherited Hypernyms:curseexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.communicationheap obscenities uponExamples:- The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
Derivationally Related Form:curse
Hypernyms:abuse blackguard clapperclaw shout
Inherited Hypernyms:curseabuseattackknockcommentnotestateexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: curse)
vverb.communicationwish harm upon; invoke evil uponSynset:anathemise anathemize bedamn beshrew curse damn imprecate maledict
Examples:- The bad witch cursed the child
Antonyms:bless
Derivationally Related Form:damnationimprecationcursemaledictiondamnatory
Hypernyms:arouse bring up call down call forth conjure conjure up evoke invoke put forward raise stir
Inherited Hypernyms:curseraisecall upmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.communicationexclude from a church or a religious communitySynset:curse excommunicate unchurch
Examples:- The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
Antonyms:communicate
Derivationally Related Form:excommunication
Hypernyms:exclude keep out shut shut out
Inherited Hypernyms:excommunicateexcludeprevent
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
adjadj.alldeserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifierSynset:cursed
Examples:- villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed
- cursed with four daughter
- not a cursed drop
- his cursed stupidity
- I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning
Antonyms:blessed
Inherited Hypernyms:cursed
Similar to:accursed accurst maledict blame blamed blasted blessed damn damned darned deuced goddam goddamn goddamned infernal cursed with stuck with damn goddamn damnable execrable