curse
IPA: kˈɝs
noun
- A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
- A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
- The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
- A vulgar epithet.
- (slang, dated, derogatory, usually with "the") A woman's menses.
verb
- (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
- To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
- (transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
- (intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
- 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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Examples of "curse" in Sentences
- The witch knows many curses.
- The curse actually emboldened Urvashi.
- But yes, this is the curse of dyslexia.
- It is a prayer for evil, a curse, imprecation.
- That is both the joy and the curse of Wikipedia.
- The curse is passed to the heir of the accursed.
- OH, and I just realized my curse is alive and well.
- The application of the curse of cain is not biblical.
- Reveals that the curse is not the reason for his grudge.
- It is especially a prayer for evil, a curse, imprecation.
- As in 'Ruddigore', the curse is passed to the heir of the accursed.
- That which you call a curse has come from circumstances which are common to both of us.
- And there came to me the jaded voices of men, in curse and snarl of slow - plodding, jaded animals.
- The curse is poured upon us and the oath, that is, the curse that was ratified by an oath in the law of Moses, v. 11.
- Thou seest, not alone on thy doomed race rests a curse; the fierce anger of God, denounced against sin -- the _curse_, falls upon his dearest children.
- Tom Albanese , Rio Tinto's chief executive officer, said this week that all mining companies need to better manage what he referred to as the "curse of resource nationalism."
- In other words, a curse is a dramatic attempt to compel the sympathy of the world, and it depends for its power on both sincerity and spectacle, or private emotion and public rage.
- Other memorable movie roles included Santa Claus in the 1989 movie "Prancer" and as the gypsy father, Tadzu Lempke, who utters the title curse in the 1996 movie "Stephen King's Thinner."
- When I go I hope I have every opportinity to yell, scream, cuss ( "curse" is an incorrect term used widely now-a-days) and do at least a 5.6 off my nursing home or girlfriend's bed, preferrably shocking the whole town by being in early Greet Olympic attire.
- * They go challenge a demon in hell to cure them of the curse but how can I explain how they found out they had the curse * Alezander already knows, Tyler and Jeremy don't* so far I came up with that they visit a graveyard and they find Alezander's grave when it really is Alezander's phantom's grave * that's part of the curse* I think that's kinda stupid so what are other suggestions? don't answer unless you can say something helpful.
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