curse
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4.9
- noun
- /kɜrs/
- But it may be that the blessings and the curse of being human go hand in hand.
- blessing and a curse
- resource curse
- oil curse
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Watch on YouTubeHe says depression feels like a personal curse bestowed on us.
- He says depression feels like a personal curse bestowed on us.
- And it feels like a personal curse created just for you, right?
- This is what what Steven Pinker calls the curse of knowledge.
- The lottery winners curse simply isn't true.
- And John Adams monopolized property is a curse to mankind.
- No, no, no, that's the curse of what I do.
- And apparently that is a massive curse to any team he's a fan of.
- This is a way out of that generational curse that so many people are stuck in.
- I stopped looking at it like a curse because it was meant to happen, right?
- Yes, it's a blessing and a curse to fill things deeply.
- And we hear this thing all the time of the the curse of setting your goal.
- But the the curse to that is are you empowering?
Examples
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What you gave me was not a gift, it was a curse.
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Beauty is such a curse.
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And it feels like a personal curse created just for you, right?
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And The thing is, this is a curse in life for me.
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Perhaps the curse is of our own making.
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It's a curse as well as a gift.
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But it's only ever really been a curse.
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You suffer from the curse of hope.
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This is a way out of that generational curse that so many people are stuck in.
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The loss of her job felt like a curse that haunted her every day.
Synonyms
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3.0
Something that causes annoyance or trouble
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6.7
A condition that causes great pain or suffering, often from illness
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8.2
A person or thing that causes great suffering
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7.0
Something very difficult to do or deal with
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7.8
Something that causes a lot of trouble or harm
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7.4
A thing that causes a lot of trouble for someone
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9.9
A magic spell believed to cause bad luck
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8.1
A person or thing that makes people unhappy
A wish that bad things will happen to someone
A person or thing that causes a lot of trouble and annoyance for someone
Antonyms
Idioms
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- Literature
Bad luck that happens after a sports commentator praises a player or team
How Harmful
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Etymology
Curse can also mean a person or thing that causes great trouble, like a 'curse' on a village that brings disease or bad luck. That's why we call things like malaria or heavy traffic a curse — they bring ongoing harm or trouble.