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| NOUN | 1 | curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss | Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger |
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| 2 | curse, execration, condemnation | An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group | |
| 3 | curse, hex, jinx, whammy | An evil spell | |
| 4 | curse, bane, scourge, nemesis | Something causes misery or death | |
| 5 | curse, torment | A severe affliction | |
| VERB | 1 | curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate | Utter obscenities or profanities |
| 2 | curse | Heap obscenities upon | |
| 3 | curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | Wish harm upon | |
| 4 | curse, excommunicate, unchurch | Exclude from a church or a religious community |
| Sounds | ker's |
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| Rhymes | adverse, averse, coerce, and 24 more rhymes in ers... |
| Meaning | Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger. |
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| Synonyms | curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss |
| Broader | profanity |
| Verbs | curse; curse |
| Meaning | An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group. |
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| Synonyms | execration, condemnation |
| Broader | denunciation, denouncement |
| Narrower | anathema; imprecation, malediction |
| Verbs | curse |
| Meaning | An evil spell. |
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| Examples | "a witch put a curse on his whole family" |
| Synonyms | hex, jinx, whammy |
| Broader | spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm |
| Verbs | curse |
| Meaning | Something causes misery or death. |
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| Synonyms | bane, scourge, nemesis |
| Broader | affliction |
| Meaning | A severe affliction. |
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| Synonyms | torment |
| Broader | affliction |
| Meaning | Utter obscenities or profanities. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate |
| Similar to | blaspheme |
| Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to |
| Nouns | curse |
| Participle | cursing |
| Meaning | Heap obscenities upon. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | They want to curse the prisoners |
| Examples | "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger" |
| Broader | abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout |
| Nouns | curse |
| Meaning | Wish harm upon. Invoke evil upon. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The bad witch cursed the child" |
| Synonyms | beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict |
| Contrary | bless |
| Broader | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth |
| Nouns | curse; curse |
| Meaning | Exclude from a church or a religious community. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | excommunicate, unchurch |
| Contrary | communicate |
| Similar to | excommunicate |
| Broader | exclude, keep out, shut out, shut |
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