curse: meaning and definitions
EnglishType a word
An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
The evil or misfortune that comes in or as if in response to such an appeal: bewailed the curse of ill health.
A source or cause of evil; a scourge: "Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race” ( William Ewart Gladstone).
A profane word or phrase; a swearword.
Ecclesiastical A censure, ban, or anathema.
Slang Menstruation. Used with the.
To invoke evil or misfortune upon; damn.
To bring evil upon; afflict: was cursed with crippling arthritis.
Ecclesiastical To put under a ban or an anathema; excommunicate.