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curse

Definition

  • noun: an offensive word that people say when they are angry
  • noun: a prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon one
  • verb: to use offensive words when you speak
  • verb: to use profanely insolent language against
  • used with 'the'
  • synonyms: execrate, swear, execration

Examples

  • There is a 'curse' on that old house. = That old house is under a 'curse'.

  • She angrily 'cursed' him [=swore at him] as he turned and walked away.

  • I heard him utter a 'curse' before the microphone was shut off.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) But the h a n d s that built the Tower of Babel knew nothing of the dream of the b r a i n that had conceived it. One man's hymns of praise became other men's curses. People spoke the same language, but could not understand each other... GREAT IS THE WORLD AND ITS CREATOR AND GREAT IS MAN (..)
    1927 Metropolis