curse
verb/kɜːs/
/kɜːrs/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they curse | /kɜːs/ /kɜːrs/ |
| he / she / it curses | /ˈkɜːsɪz/ /ˈkɜːrsɪz/ |
| past simple cursed | /kɜːst/ /kɜːrst/ |
| past participle cursed | /kɜːst/ /kɜːrst/ |
| -ing form cursing | /ˈkɜːsɪŋ/ /ˈkɜːrsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to swear
- He hit his head as he stood up and cursed loudly.
Extra Examples- He cursed under his breath as the hammer slipped.
- She was cursing and screaming at me just because I was late.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- roundly
- loudly
- aloud
- …
- for
- curse and swear
- curse and shout, yell, scream, etc.
- curse the day
- …
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- [transitive] to say rude things to somebody or think rude things about somebody/something
- curse somebody/something/yourself (that) She cursed her bad luck.
- curse somebody/something/yourself for something He cursed himself for his stupidity.
Extra Examples- He was now cursing the day he had ever got involved in the project.
- She cursed her luck that she had had to queue for so long.
- I cursed her roundly for being late.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- roundly
- loudly
- aloud
- …
- for
- curse and swear
- curse and shout, yell, scream, etc.
- curse the day
- …
- [transitive] curse somebody/something to use a magic word or phrase against somebody in order to harm them
- Legend has it that the whole village had been cursed by a witch.
Word OriginOld English, of unknown origin.
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