curse

¹curse

noun \ˈkərs\

Definition of CURSE

1

: a prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon one : imprecation

2

: something that is cursed or accursed

3

: evil or misfortune that comes as if in response to imprecation or as retribution

4

: a cause of great harm or misfortune : torment

5

: menstruation —used with the

Examples of CURSE

1. I heard him utter a curse before the microphone was shut off.
2. The witch pronounced a curse in some strange language.
3. People believe that someone put a curse on the house.
4. His fame turned out to be a curse, not a blessing.

Origin of CURSE

Middle English curs, from Old English

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to CURSE

Synonyms: anathema, ban, execration, imprecation, malediction, malison, winze [Scottish]

Antonyms: benediction, benison, blessing

Related Words: censure, condemnation, damnation, denunciation, excommunication; hex, hoodoo, jinx, mojo, spell, voodoo, whammy; pox

Near Antonyms: citation, commendation, endorsement (also indorsement)

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Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

Rhymes with CURSE

birse, burse, Erse, hearse, nurse, perse, purse, terce, terse, verse, worse