Definition of curse

"curse" in the noun sense

1. curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss

profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

"expletives were deleted"

2. execration, condemnation, curse

an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

3. hex, jinx, curse, whammy

an evil spell

"a witch put a curse on his whole family"

"he put the whammy on me"

4. bane, curse, scourge, nemesis

something causing misery or death

"the bane of my life"

5. curse, torment

a severe affliction

"curse" in the verb sense

1. curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate

utter obscenities or profanities

"The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"

2. curse

heap obscenities upon

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

3. curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict

wish harm upon invoke evil upon

"The bad witch cursed the child"

4. excommunicate, unchurch, curse

exclude from a church or a religious community

"The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"

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Quotations for curse

The curse of the great is ennui. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

Beauty without virtue is a curse. [ Proverb ]

That curse shall be - forgiveness! [ Byron ]

An old whore's curse is a blessing. [ Proverb ]

Full oft have letters caused the writers
To curse the day they were inditers. [ Butler ]

Oh! I will curse thee til! thy frighted soul
Runs mad with horror. [ Lee ]

Abundance is a blessing to the wise;
The use of riches in discretion lies:
Learn this, ye men of wealth - a heavy purse
In a fool's pocket is a heavy curse. [ Cumberland ]

O, 'tis the curse in love, and still approved,
When women cannot love where they're beloved! [ William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act V. Sc. 4 ]

Greatness, with private men
Esteem'd a blessing, is to me a curse;
And we, whom from our high births they conclude
The only free men, are the only slaves:
Happy the golden mean. [ Massinger ]

The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance. [ William Shakespeare ]

Gold! gold! in all ages the curse of mankind,
Thy fetters are forged for the soul and the mind.
The limbs may be free as the wings of a bird.
And the mind be the slave of a look and a word.
To gain thee men barter eternity's crown,
Yield honour, affection, and lasting renown. [ Park Benjamin ]

It is the curse of greatness to be its own destruction. [ Nabb ]

By the very constitution of our nature moral evil is its own curse. [ Chalmers ]

Blessings star forth forever; but a curse is like a cloud, it passes. [ Bailey ]

Vexed sailors curse the rain for which poor shepherds prayed in vain. [ Waller ]

Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. [ William Shakespeare ]

Being without well-being is a curse; and the greater being, the greater curse. [ Bacon ]

Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life. [ Simonides ]

Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. [ Goethe ]

It is a blessing to be fair, yet such a blessing as if the soul answer not to the face, may lead to a curse. [ Bishop Hall ]

A woman who plays with the love of a loyal man is a curse; she may close his heart forever against all confidence in her sex.

There may come a day when there shall be no more curse; in the meantime you must be humble and honest enough to take your share of it. [ John Ruskin ]

Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you. [ Jesus ]

Charity balls are a curse. The name is a subtle argument in favor of their existence, but if ever anything belied its name, it is a charity ball. [ Geo. F. Hall ]

That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it, which will waste it; and the same corrupt dispositions which incline men to the sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending. [ Matthew Henry ]

The curse and peril of language in our day, and particularly in this country, is that it is at the mercy of men who, instead of being content to use it well according to their honest ignorance, use it ill according to their affected knowledge. [ Richard Grant White ]

Social dissipation, as witnessed in the ball-room, is the abettor of pride, the instigator of jealousv, it is the (sacrificial altar of health, it is the defiler of the soul, it is the avenue of lust and it is the curse of every tower in America. [ Talmage ]

If the eye were so acute as to rival the finest microscope, and to discern the smallest hair upon the leg of a gnat, it would be a curse, and not a blessing to us; it would make all things appear rugged and deformed; the most finely polished crystal would be uneven and rough; the sight of our own selves would affright us; the smoothest skin would be beset all over with rugged scales and bristly hair. [ Bentley ]

curse in Scrabble®

The word curse is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

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curse in Words With Friends™

The word curse is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Words containing the sequence curse

Words that start with curse (6 words)

Words that end with curse (6 words)

Word Growth involving curse

Shorter words in curse

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Longer words containing curse

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