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Type Words
Synonyms curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword
Type of profanity
Type Words
Synonyms hex, jinx, whammy
Type of magic spell, charm, magical spell, spell


a witch put a curse on his whole family.
Type Words
Synonyms blaspheme, cuss, imprecate, swear
Type of give tongue to, express, utter, verbalise, verbalize
Verb group blaspheme
Type Words
Synonyms excommunicate, unchurch
Type of exclude, keep out, shut, shut out
Verb group excommunicate
Type Words
Synonyms anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict
Type of conjure up, raise, bring up, arouse, stir, put forward, evoke, conjure, call forth, invoke, call down


The bad witch cursed the child.
Type Words
Synonyms bane, nemesis, scourge
Type of affliction
Type Words
Synonyms torment
Type of affliction
Type Words
Synonyms condemnation, execration
Type of denunciation, denouncement
Has types imprecation, anathema, malediction
Type Words
Type of clapperclaw, abuse, blackguard, shout


The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger.

Examples of curse

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At last the curse of the silent and deadly hotel dining room is being addressed.
From the telegraph.co.uk
How rare is a playoff team that can make you cheer and curse in the same breath?
From the stltoday.com
No one in Philadelphia will, but it looks like we have a new curse to deal with.
From the philly.com
After reading the first few chapters, one is tempted to audibly curse the delay.
From the denverpost.com
There was no mass booing, nothing thrown from the stands, no curse words hurled.
From the fresnobee.com
Is the smart grid and all things smart suffering from the curse of local optima?
From the forbes.com
Would it be the one to beat the curse of Margaret's seemingly inhospitable womb?
From the nytimes.com
Scruffy Murphy's will try to break the curse on its building on Edgewater Drive.
From the orlandosentinel.com
For clubs like Wigan the FA Cup carries, if not a curse, then a heavy price-tag.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"
  • Utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
  • Execration: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
  • Heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
  • Hex: an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
  • Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
  • A curse (also called a jinx, hex or execration) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entityu2014one or more persons, a place, or an object...
  • Curse is an album by Alien Sex Fiend, released in October, 1990 on Anagram.
  • The Curse is a fictional villain in the comic book, Spawn. The Curse in the book is a billionaire and a religious zealot who seeks a place in Heaven and knows far more about the war between Heaven and Hell than most on Earth. The Curse closely resembles a cyborg version of Doctor Doom. ...