curse out
verb
cursed out; cursing out; curses out
US, informal
: to say angry and offensive words to (someone)
My boss cursed me out.
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The cats encounter plenty of other animals on their adventures, from a drunk spider to a deer that gets hit by a car and curses out the driver.
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Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
There was also the over-bleaching and a bad haircut that had her mom ready to curse out the stylist.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 24 Mar. 2026
On Friday, Sweden accused Canada of cheating and got cursed out for it.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
On Friday, Sweden accused Canada of cheating and got cursed out.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Other times, Ron is a terminally online Larry, typing screeds into customer support forms and cursing out chatbots.
—Judy Berman, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Viewers who watch the Big Brother live feeds had been cursing out CBS and its producers all weekend, but after the network aired the latest episode where the game show twist plays out, all hell broke loose.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Under Nathaniel Hackett’s 15-game watch of fans counting down the play clock, a player cursing out his quarterback, and teammates shoving one another on the sidelines and punching opponents, the sheer disconnect was comedic and horrifying.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Born out of an impetus that feels 60 percent respect and 40 percent trolling, folks in the media — social and otherwise — feel invested in the idea of Martin Scorsese getting an Emmy for cursing out Ike Barinholtz.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2025
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Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
There was also the over-bleaching and a bad haircut that had her mom ready to curse out the stylist.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 24 Mar. 2026
On Friday, Sweden accused Canada of cheating and got cursed out for it.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
On Friday, Sweden accused Canada of cheating and got cursed out.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Other times, Ron is a terminally online Larry, typing screeds into customer support forms and cursing out chatbots.
—Judy Berman, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Viewers who watch the Big Brother live feeds had been cursing out CBS and its producers all weekend, but after the network aired the latest episode where the game show twist plays out, all hell broke loose.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Under Nathaniel Hackett’s 15-game watch of fans counting down the play clock, a player cursing out his quarterback, and teammates shoving one another on the sidelines and punching opponents, the sheer disconnect was comedic and horrifying.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Born out of an impetus that feels 60 percent respect and 40 percent trolling, folks in the media — social and otherwise — feel invested in the idea of Martin Scorsese getting an Emmy for cursing out Ike Barinholtz.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Curse out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curse%20out. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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