curse
To say bad or rude words when you are angry or upset.
To utter offensive, obscene, or profane words, especially in anger or frustration.
To ask magic or a god to bring bad luck or harm to someone.
To call upon a supernatural power to cause harm, trouble, or misfortune to someone or something.
A bad or rude word that people say when they are angry or upset.
An offensive, obscene, or profane word or phrase.
Magic words that bring bad luck or harm to someone.
A magical spell or invocation intended to cause harm, misfortune, or punishment.
Something that brings a lot of problems for a long time.
A cause of long-lasting trouble, suffering, or harm, often used figuratively.
- Base: curse
- Plural: curses
- Base: curse
- 3rd Person Singular: curses
- Present Participle: cursing
- Past: cursed
a blessing and a curse
1Has good and bad effects together
Something that is good in some ways but bad in other ways.
- Fame is both a blessing and a curse for many celebrities.
- Technology can be a blessing and a curse for society.
break the curse
1End magical or lasting harm
To stop a magic spell or long-lasting problem from causing more harm.
- The hero set out to break the curse on the castle.
- Scientists hope to break the curse of this deadly disease.
curse like a sailor
1Use many bad words often and strongly
To say many rude words very often and strongly.
- He curses like a sailor when he's playing video games.
- Don't mind her—she curses like a sailor when she's stressed.
put a curse on [someone]
1Use magic to harm someone
To say magic words to make something bad happen to someone.
- The villagers believed the woman had put a curse on their crops.
- He claimed his rival had put a curse on him.
under a curse
1Affected by magic or lasting harm
Being controlled by magic or suffering from a long-lasting problem.
- The town seemed to be under a curse after years of disaster.
- She felt her family was under a curse.