to curse
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4.8
- verb
- /kɜrs/
:
maldecir
- Why would you curse in my presence, Squire?
- cursed by God
- bless and curse
- curse thee
You don't get blessings by cursing others, all right?
- You don't get blessings by cursing others, all right?
- He had knew the hand that had woven his bonds and cursed his Knights.
- Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus?
- So first she she, you know, says curse you thieves and and Sparlock says avert, right.
- According to legend, Hera cursed him with inconvenient impotence.
- But it's not necessarily right to not curse you.
- There's only one that has the right to curse you, and one that has the right to curse you.
Examples
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Our crop was cursed last year.
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You don't get blessings by cursing others, all right?
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You can curse around me, but if you curse at school you're going to get in trouble.
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Captains will curse our flag and the kings will fear it.
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Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus?
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Deprived of his wealth, wouldn't he curse God to his face?
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As he defended himself from another spear thrust, he cursed himself for a fool.
Fiction book (1990) -
The death of a stranger from starvation curses whomever failed to care for the person.
Academic text (1994) -
Holding a finger to the sky, she curses the soldiers who cut down the trees.
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They say our church is cursed, that God has abandoned us.
Synonyms
207
7.6
To wish bad things to happen to someone by calling on a magic power
36
7.5
To cause bad luck for someone or something by saying something
15
9.9
To say that someone will have bad luck or be punished
5
9.3
To put an evil spell on someone or something to cause bad luck
1
9.9
To wish bad things to happen to someone
To wish harm or bad luck on someone
To wish bad things to happen to someone, often by saying a curse
To say in public that someone or something is evil and should be avoided
To wish harm or a curse on someone
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
Bad luck that happens after a sports commentator praises a player or team
How Harmful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Curse as a verb originally meant to speak a wish that someone would have bad luck, so to curse someone is to wish them harm, and this idea is still in the short word cuss, which means to use bad words. That's why to curse someone can mean both to harm them with words and to hope bad things happen to them.