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curse

English

  1. 🔊 profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
    “expletives were deleted”
  2. 🔊 a severe affliction
  3. 🔊 something causing misery or death
    “the bane of my life”
  4. 🔊 an evil spell
    “a witch put a curse on his whole family”
  5. 🔊 an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
  6. 🔊 utter obscenities or profanities
    “The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street”
  7. 🔊 wish harm upon
    “The bad witch cursed the child”
  8. 🔊 heap obscenities upon
    “The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger”
  9. 🔊 exclude from a church or a religious community
    “The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 maldición curse
  2. 🔊 sacre curse
  3. 🔊 anatematizar to curse

Similar words

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