eng: curse

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Meaning
means	(noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" curse word, swearword, cuss, expletive, swearing, curse, oath
means	(noun) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group curse, condemnation, execration
means	(noun) an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" whammy, hex, jinx, curse
means	(noun) something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" curse, bane, nemesis, scourge
means	(noun) a severe affliction torment, curse
means	(verb) utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" imprecate, swear, blaspheme, cuss, curse
means	(verb) heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger" curse
means	(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" anathemise, damn, anathemize, curse, imprecate, bedamn, beshrew, maledict
means	(verb) exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" unchurch, curse, excommunicate