An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something. Evil or misfortune that comes 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.
Often Offensive Menstruation. Used with the.
To invoke evil or misfortune upon; damn.
To swear at: cursed the car because it wouldn't start.
To bring evil upon; afflict: was cursed with crippling arthritis.
Ecclesiastical To put under a ban or anathema; excommunicate.