Found 3 items, similar to Curse.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: curse
kutukan, mengutuk, serapah, sumpah
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: curse
curse
n 1: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;
“expletives were deleted” [syn:
curse word,
expletive,
oath,
swearing,
swearword,
cuss]
2: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on
someone or some group [syn:
execration,
condemnation]
3: an evil spell;
“a witch put a curse on his whole family”;
“he put the whammy on me” [syn:
hex,
jinx,
whammy]
4: something causes misery or death;
“the bane of my life”
[syn:
bane,
scourge,
nemesis]
5: a severe affliction [syn:
torment]
v 1: utter obscenities or profanities;
“The drunken men were
cursing loudly in the street” [syn:
cuss,
blaspheme,
swear,
imprecate]
2: heap obscenities upon;
“The taxi driver who felt he didn't
get a high enough tip cursed the passenger”
3: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon;
“The bad witch cursed the
child” [syn:
beshrew,
damn,
bedamn,
anathemize,
anathemise,
imprecate,
maledict] [ant:
bless]
4: exclude from a church or a religious community;
“The gay
priest was excommunicated when he married his partner”
[syn:
excommunicate] [ant:
communicate]
[also:
curst]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Curse
Curse
\Curse\, v. i.
To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with
imprecations; to swear.
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Then began he to curse and to swear. --Matt. xxi.
74.
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His spirits hear me,
And yet I need must curse. --Shak.
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Curse
\Curse\, n. [AS. curs. See
Curse, v. t.]
1. An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury;
malediction.
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Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.
--Shak.
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2. Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in
passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine
condemnation.
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The priest shall write these curses in a book.
--Num. v. 23.
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Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. --Old
Proverb.
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3. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which
brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
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The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance.
--Shak.
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All that I eat, or drink, or shall beget,
Is propagated curse. --Milton.
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The curse of Scotland (Card Playing), the nine of diamonds.
Not worth a curse. See under
Cress.
Syn: Malediction; imprecation; execration. See
Malediction.
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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.
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Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people.
--Ex. xxii.
28.
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Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. --Shak.
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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.
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On impious realms and barbarous kings impose
Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those.
--Pope.
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To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under
Bell.
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