Definition of Curse

Verb: curse kurs

Utter obscenities or profanities
"The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street";
- cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate, eff [Brit], eff and blind [Brit]
Heap obscenities upon
"The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
"The bad witch cursed the child";
- beshrew [archaic], damn, bedamn [archaic], anathemize, anathemise [Brit], imprecate, maledict [archaic], doggone [N. Amer], dang [N. Amer]
Exclude from a church or a religious community
"The gay priest was cursed when he married his partner";
- excommunicate, unchurch

Noun: curse kurs

Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
"curses were deleted";
- curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss, cussword [N. Amer]
An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on some individual or group
- execration, condemnation
An evil spell
"a witch put a curse on his whole family";
- hex, jinx, whammy, mozz [Austral]
Something causing misery or death
"the curse of my life";
- bane, scourge, nemesis
A severe affliction
- torment