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curse

  [kurs] noun, verb, cursed or curst, curs⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
2. a formula or charm intended to cause such misfortune to another.
3. the act of reciting such a formula.
4. a profane oath; curse word.
5. an evil that has been invoked upon one.
6. the cause of evil, misfortune, or trouble.
7. something accursed.
8. Slang. the menstrual period; menstruation (usually prec. by the).
9. an ecclesiastical censure or anathema.
–verb (used with object)
10. to wish or invoke evil, calamity, injury, or destruction upon.
11. to swear at.
12. to blaspheme.
13. to afflict with great evil.
14. to excommunicate.
–verb (used without object)
15. to utter curses; swear profanely.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME curs (n.), cursen (v.), OE curs (n.), cursian (v.), of disputed orig.

Related forms:
curser, noun

Synonyms:
1, 9. imprecation, execration, fulmination, malediction. 5. misfortune, calamity, trouble. 5, 6. bane, scourge, plague, affliction, torment. 10-12. Curse, blaspheme, swear are often interchangeable in the sense of using profane language. However, curse is the general word for the heartfelt invoking or angry calling down of evil on another: They called down curses on their enemies. To blaspheme is to speak contemptuously or with abuse of God or of sacred things: to blaspheme openly. To swear is to use the name of God or of some holy person or thing as an exclamation to add force or show anger: to swear in every sentence. 13. plague, scourge, afflict, doom.

Antonyms:
1, 9. blessing, benediction. 10. bless.
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curse   (kûrs)   
n.  
    1. An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
    2. The evil or misfortune that comes in or as if in response to such an appeal: bewailed the curse of ill health.
  2. One that is accursed.
  3. A source or cause of evil; a scourge: "Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race" (William Ewart Gladstone).
  4. A profane word or phrase; a swearword.
  5. Ecclesiastical A censure, ban, or anathema.
  6. Slang Menstruation. Used with the.
v.   cursed or curst (kûrst), curs·ing, curs·es

v.   tr.
  1. To invoke evil or misfortune upon; damn.
  2. To swear at.
  3. To bring evil upon; afflict: was cursed with crippling arthritis.
  4. Ecclesiastical To put under a ban or an anathema; excommunicate.
v.   intr.
To utter curses; swear.

[Middle English, from Old English curs.]
curs'er n.
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Curse

Curse\ (k?rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cursed (k?rst) or Curst; p. pr. & vb. n. Cursing.] [AS. cursian, corsian, perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross, all these Scand. words coming fr. OF. crois, croiz, fr. L. crux cross. Cf. Cross.]

1. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people. --Ex. xxii. 28.

Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. --Shak.

2. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

On impious realms and barbarous kings impose Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those. --Pope.

To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell.

Curse

Curse\, v. i. To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.

Then began he to curse and to swear. --Matt. xxi. 74.

His spirits hear me, And yet I need must curse. --Shak.

Curse

Curse\, n. [AS. curs. See Curse, v. t.]

1. An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction.

Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses. --Shak.

2. Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation.

The priest shall write these curses in a book. --Num. v. 23.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. --Old Proverb.

3. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.

The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance. --Shak.

All that I eat, or drink, or shall beget, Is propagated curse. --Milton.

The curse of Scotland (Card Playing), the nine of diamonds.

Not worth a curse. See under Cress.

Syn: Malediction; imprecation; execration. See Malediction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : curse
Spanish: maldecir,
German: verfluchen,
Japanese: のろう
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curse 
O.E. curs "a prayer that evil or harm befall one," of uncertain origin, perhaps O.Fr. curuz "anger," or L. cursus "course." Connection with cross is unlikely. No similar word exists in Gmc., Romance, or Celtic. Meaning "to swear profanely" is from c.1230. Curses as a histrionic exclamation is from 1885. The curse "menstruation" is from 1930.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Curse

denounced by God against the serpent (Gen. 3:14), and against Cain (4:11). These divine maledictions carried their effect with them. Prophetical curses were sometimes pronounced by holy men (Gen. 9:25; 49:7; Deut. 27:15; Josh. 6:26). Such curses are not the consequence of passion or revenge, they are predictions. No one on pain of death shall curse father or mother (Ex. 21:17), nor the prince of his people (22:28), nor the deaf (Lev. 19:14). Cursing God or blaspheming was punishable by death (Lev. 24:10-16). The words "curse God and die" (R.V., "renounce God and die"), used by Job's wife (Job 2:9), have been variously interpreted. Perhaps they simply mean that as nothing but death was expected, God would by this cursing at once interpose and destroy Job, and so put an end to his sufferings.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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