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as in condemnation
a prayer that harm will come to someone
uttered a curse upon his persecutor from the scaffold
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as in swear
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
started muttering curses after hitting his thumb with the hammer
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as in bane
a source of harm or misfortune
intolerance of personal differences is a curse of humanity
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as in to imprecate
to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon
I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want
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as in to plague
to cause persistent suffering to
misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house
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as in to blame
to use profane or obscene language at or about
cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time
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Recent Examples of curse
Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Sam joins friend Becka and eccentric Rusty in the race to find Finn and break a harvest curse before Halloween ends.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Ashton ran over to help his mom, only to have his stepfather get down in his face and curse him.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
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Noun
After its patriarch’s mysterious death, the pharma family falls prey to an ancient curse.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Sam joins friend Becka and eccentric Rusty in the race to find Finn and break a harvest curse before Halloween ends.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
The man then cursed and threw his arms up trying to escape the authorities’ grasp.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Ashton ran over to help his mom, only to have his stepfather get down in his face and curse him.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curse
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The United Kingdom, France, Australia and Canada, amongst a number of other western countries, have announced their recognition of Palestine, drawing condemnation from Netanyahu.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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While many governments defended Israel's initial right to respond to the attack, the scale of civilian death and suffering wrought by its war have drawn increasing international condemnation and isolation for the Jewish state.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Does Taylor Swift swear on 'The Life of a Showgirl'?—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Don’t pretend the cure for coarse speech is a swear jar.—
Eric Preven,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Collective farms, the bane of Soviet agriculture that had once inspired Fidel’s revolutionary visions, were no longer the norm.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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The aforementioned around-town mileage, for example, was one of the biggest banes of the Jeep owner's existence.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The rest of the cast comes with big question marks after injuries and inconsistency plagued this group last season.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Cobweb Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall — a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination.—
Caitlin White,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some of their struggles can be blamed on a tough slate of defenses.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Real leadership requires a basic understanding of facts and a desire to do more than just blame others.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Mike Hallquist to make a motion for Seals's censure, which failed and was followed by cheering support by Seals' supporters.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The House voted to table the resolution 214-213, preventing it from moving to debate and a vote on the underlying censure, effectively ending Mace’s effort to formally reprimand Omar and remove her from committees.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That could be something as simple as making sure the Care for All resources are in every language, through to adapting the charity partners the company works with.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Does this language feel robust enough?—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
8 Oct. 2025
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Her nemesis dispatches Ares to retrieve the code and eliminate the carrier.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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Critics on social media accused Meghan of insensitivity and the story featured on the front page of the Sussexes' old tabloid nemesis, the .—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Curse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curse. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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