noun
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
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- expletives were deleted
noun
an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
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noun
an evil spell
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- a witch put a curse on his whole family
- he put the whammy on me
noun
something causing misery or death
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- the bane of my life
noun
a severe affliction
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verb
utter obscenities or profanities
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- The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
verb
heap obscenities upon
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- The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
verb
wish harm upon
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- invoke evil upon
- The bad witch cursed the child
verb
exclude from a church or a religious community
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- The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner