curse

1. 1.

   utter obscenities or profanities

   “The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street”

   Synonymscussblasphemeswearimprecate

   Broaderexpress
2. 2.

   heap obscenities upon

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

   Broaderabuse
3. 3.

   wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

   “The bad witch cursed the child”

   Synonymsbeshrewdamnbedamnanathemizeanathemiseimprecatemaledict

   Antonymsbless

   Broaderraise
4. 4.

   exclude from a church or a religious community

   “The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner”

   Synonymsexcommunicateunchurch

   Broaderexclude

Other forms of curse

plural

curses·

past tense or participle

curst

present participle

cursing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about curse

What does curse mean?

curse means "profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in curse?

curse has 1 syllable: curse. In IPA it is /ˈkɝs/.

What is another word for curse?

Close synonyms include curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of curse?

The recorded antonyms are bless.

Is curse a common word?

curse is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.