Dictionary entry details
• CURSE (noun)
Meaning:
Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
curse; curse word; expletive; oath; swearing; swearword; cuss
Context example:
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Hypernyms ("curse" is a kind of...):
profanity (vulgar or irreverent speech or action)
Meaning:
An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
curse; execration; condemnation
Hypernyms ("curse" is a kind of...):
denouncement; denunciation (a public act of denouncing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "curse"):
anathema (a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication)
imprecation; malediction (the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult))
Meaning:
An evil spell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
hex; whammy; jinx; curse
Context examples:
a witch put a curse on his whole family / he put the whammy on me
Hypernyms ("curse" is a kind of...):
charm; magic spell; magical spell; spell (a verbal formula believed to have magical force)
Meaning:
Something causes misery or death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
bane; scourge; nemesis; curse
Context example:
the bane of my life
Hypernyms ("curse" is a kind of...):
affliction (a cause of great suffering and distress)
Meaning:
A severe affliction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
curse; torment
Hypernyms ("curse" is a kind of...):
affliction (a cause of great suffering and distress)
• CURSE (verb)
Meaning:
Utter obscenities or profanities
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
blaspheme; curse; cuss; swear; imprecate
Context example:
The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
Hypernyms (to "curse" is one way to...):
express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Heap obscenities upon
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
Hypernyms (to "curse" is one way to...):
abuse; blackguard; clapperclaw; shout (use foul or abusive language towards)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to curse the prisoners
Meaning:
Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
maledict; imprecate; damn; beshrew; bedamn; anathemize; anathemise; curse
Context example:
The bad witch cursed the child
Hypernyms (to "curse" is one way 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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
bless (give a benediction to)
Meaning:
Exclude from a church or a religious community
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
excommunicate; unchurch; curse
Context example:
The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
Hypernyms (to "curse" is one way to...):
exclude; keep out; shut; shut out (prevent from entering; shut out)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
