| VERB | communication | curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate | utter obscenities or profanities |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | curse | heap obscenities upon | |
| communication | curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | wish harm upon | |
| communication | curse, excommunicate, unchurch | exclude from a church or a religious community | |
| NOUN | communication | curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss | profane or obscene / obscene expression usually of surprise or anger |
| communication | curse, execration, condemnation | an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group | |
| communication | curse, hex, jinx, whammy | an evil spell | |
| state | curse, bane, scourge, nemesis | something causing misery or death | |
| event | curse, torment | a severe affliction |
| Sounds | ker's | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adverse ... worse: 27 rhymes with ers... | |
| Meaning | Profane or obscene / obscene expression usually of surprise or anger. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss | |
| Broader | profanity | Vulgar or irreverent speech or action |
| Spanish | blasfemia, garabato, grosería, improperio, juramento, maldición, palabra malsonante, palabrota, profanidad, reniego, taco, voto | |
| Catalan | maledicció, paraulota, renec | |
| Verbs | curse | utter obscenities or profanities |
| curse | heap obscenities upon | |
| Meaning | An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | execration, condemnation | |
| Narrower | anathema | A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication |
| imprecation, malediction | The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) | |
| Broader | denunciation, denouncement | A public act of denouncing |
| Spanish | condena, execración, maldición | |
| Catalan | condemna, execració, maledicció | |
| Verbs | curse | wish harm upon |
| Meaning | An evil spell. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a witch put a curse on his whole family" | |
| Synonyms | hex, jinx, whammy | |
| Broader | spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm | A verbal / verbal formula believed to have magical force |
| Spanish | hex, maldición | |
| Catalan | hex, maledicció | |
| Verbs | curse | wish harm upon |
| Meaning | Something causing misery or death. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | bane, scourge, nemesis | |
| Broader | affliction | A cause of great suffering and distress |
| Spanish | adversidad, calamidad, desgracia, maldición, perdición, ruina | |
| Catalan | adversitat, calamitat, desgràcia, maledicció | |
| Meaning | A severe affliction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | torment | |
| Broader | affliction | A cause of great suffering and distress |
| Spanish | maldición, tormento | |
| Catalan | maledicció | |
| Meaning | Utter obscenities or profanities. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate | |
| Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to | articulate |
| Similar to | blaspheme | speak of in an irreverent or impious manner |
| Spanish | blasfemar, imprecar, jurar, maldecir, renegar | |
| Nouns | curse | profane or obscene / obscene expression usually of surprise or anger |
| Meaning | heap obscenities upon. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to curse the prisoners | |
| Example | "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger" | |
| Broader | abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout | Use foul or abusive language towards |
| Spanish | insultar, maldecir | |
| Catalan | insultar | |
| Nouns | curse | profane or obscene / obscene expression usually of surprise or anger |
| Meaning | wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The bad witch cursed the child" | |
| Synonyms | beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | |
| Broader | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic |
| Opposite | bless | Give a benediction to |
| Spanish | maldecir, maldición | |
| Catalan | maleir | |
| Nouns | curse | an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group |
| curse | an evil spell | |
| Meaning | exclude from a church or a religious community. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | excommunicate, unchurch | |
| Broader | exclude, keep out, shut out, shut | prevent from entering |
| Opposite | communicate | Administer Communion |
| Similar to | excommunicate | oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree |
| Spanish | excomulgar | |
| Catalan | excloure, excomunicar | |
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