CURSE
\kˈɜːs], \kˈɜːs], \k_ˈɜː_s]\
Definitions of CURSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
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exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
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wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
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heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
By Princeton University
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utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
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exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
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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.
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To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
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Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation.
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The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
By Oddity Software
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An oath; a prayer for injury to come to someone; that which brings or causes evil.
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To wish or bring evil upon; to call on a divine power to send evil upon; to torment.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To invoke or wish evil upon: to devote to perdition: to vex or torment.
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To utter imprecations: to swear.
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The invocation or wishing of evil or harm upon: evil invoked on another: torment.
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CURSER.
By Daniel Lyons
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Invocation of evil upon; evil invoked; affliction; ruin.
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To invoke evil upon; to vex or torment.
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To utter imprecations.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To invoke evil upon; anathematize; excommunicate.
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To cause great evils to.
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To utter imprecations; swear; blaspheme.
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An imprecation of evil; profane oath.
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Calamity invoked; a source of evil.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Imprecation of evil; the evil imprecated; the cause of evil; sentence of divine vengeance on sinners.
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To imprecate evil upon; to bring evil upon by a curse; to vex, harass, or torment with great calamities.
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To utter imprecations; to affirm or deny with imprecations of divine vengeance.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate; to utter imprecations; to vex or torment.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Imprecation of evil upon another;—evil pronounced or invoked on another;—sentence of divine justice on sinners;—that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment malediction; execration.
By Thomas Sheridan
