curse: význam a definície

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.

One that is accursed.

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 swear at.

To bring evil upon; afflict: was cursed with crippling arthritis.

Ecclesiastical To put under a ban or an anathema; excommunicate.

To utter curses; swear.