curse
noun/kɜːs/
/kɜːrs/
- [countable] a rude or offensive word or phrase that some people use when they are very angry synonym oath, swear word
- He muttered a curse at the other driver.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- muffled
- loud
- mutter
- let out
- utter
- …
- word
- [countable] a word or phrase that has a magic power to make something bad happen
- The family thought that they were under a curse.
- The witch is supposed to have put a curse on the house.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ancient
- evil
- terrible
- …
- utter
- place
- put
- …
- under a curse
- curse on
- curse upon
- …
- [countable] something that causes harm or evil
- the curse of drug addiction
- Noise is a curse of modern city life.
- the curse[singular] (old-fashioned, informal) menstruation (= the process or time of menstruating)
Word OriginOld English, of unknown origin.
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