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A severe affliction
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curse
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Word definitions for curse in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Curse \Curse\, v. i. To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear. Then began he to curse and to swear. --Matt. xxi. 74. His spirits hear me, And yet I need must curse. --Shak.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane. 2 A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone. 3 The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment. 4 A vulgar epithet. vb. 1 (lb en transitive) ...
Usage examples of curse.
When the stories arrived of curses laid on the Achaian kings, Penelope felt no surprise.
Even now, Dura could hear from outside the car, Adda continued to curse his savior.
Petrie had his arm around Adelaide and his left leg hooked comfortably over the side of the settee, and he cursed under his breath.
He heard the Afrikaner curse and what must have been him punching several buttons on a keyboard or alarm-control panel.
Once Nom Anor had understood that no plea would help, his pleading had turned to curses.
Weight training left his triceps and pectorals quivering spasmodically, as Antinous taunted and cursed him.
And so they rode to Daphne full pelt, greatly to the anger of the too well dressed Antiochenes, who cursed them for the mud they splashed from wayside pools and for the dung and dust they kicked up into plucked and penciled faces.
Thus, tossing to and fro, bewailing my fortune and unable so much as to close my eyes, did I pass what should have been my bridal night, racked with doubts and fears and, in my heart, cursing Apis as never god was cursed before.
Lycaon because he was cursed by the gods, and Apollonius because of his magic.
Randall Denholm smiled and nodded, but when his wife informed him in a loud voice that Susanna had taken up residence at Appleton, he spat and cursed Sir George in succinct and colorful language.
Uttering a choice curse in Aramaic, Hermes flung open the door of the stove, scraped the live coals onto a small shovel, and flung them out of his back window.
Son of Heaven banged his fist on his armrest and cursed his Imperial father with passion.
Twelve floating ships screamed to the tortured shriek of overloaded atomics, and the planet below cursed back with quarter-mile-long tongues of lightning.
Barrjen skipped aside with a curse as the axhead whipped past him and bounced off the wall, leaving a streak of shiny metal scraped free of paint on the wall.
But Badawi had no pity and raked her with his spurs and cursed her again to prod her on.