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curse
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of CURSE
1
a prayer that harm will come to someone <uttered a curse upon his persecutor from the scaffold>
Related Words censure, condemnation, damnation, denunciation, excommunication; hex, hoodoo, jinx, mojo, spell, voodoo, whammy; pox
2
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression <started muttering curses after hitting his thumb with the hammer>
Synonyms curse, cuss, cussword, dirty word, expletive, four-letter word, obscenity, profanity, swear, vulgarism
Related Words bawdry, language, scurrility; execration, imprecation, malediction; epithet, name; oath
3
a source of harm or misfortune <intolerance of personal differences is a curse of humanity>
Related Words hex, hoodoo, jinx; danger, hazard, menace, peril, risk, threat, trouble; booby trap, catch, pitfall, snag
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