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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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2
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
Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The Grudge Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is an American nurse living in Tokyo who is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse.
—Caitlin White, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
And finally Ida, screaming in containment, cursed to die for the mistake of once caring for the man who probably killed her.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
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Noun
After coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the 2004 American League Championship Series, the Red Sox not only broke their World Series curse that year, but went on to defeat the Yankees in the teams' next two postseason battles in 2018 and 2021.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The Grudge Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is an American nurse living in Tokyo who is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse.
—Caitlin White, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
In this two-part episode, Scott becomes paranoid that the office is cursed and decides to hold a charity run.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
And finally Ida, screaming in containment, cursed to die for the mistake of once caring for the man who probably killed her.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curse
Noun
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At the gubernatorial debate, Spanberger repeated her condemnation of the messages but refused to retract her endorsement of Jones, saying Jones is running his own race and voters should decide what to do with the information.—
Margaret Barthel,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
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The new layoffs drew condemnation from a range of education organizations.—
Collin Binkley,
Twin Cities,
13 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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Those four words that my husband asks almost every day are the bane of my existence.—
Sari Hitchins,
Parents,
13 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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But the first five weeks of the season have proven that wrong, both in terms of the Ravens’ roster construction and the injuries that have plagued their team.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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But since then, she has been plagued by scandal.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Swart also blamed major social-media platforms for monetizing outrage and accelerating polarization.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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Peart is certainly not the only one to blame for Denver’s putrid offensive effort, which included a trio of three-and-outs and a safety — on Quinn Meinerz for holding in the end zone — among the team’s first four drives of the second half.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The judge, however, is awaiting potential censure from the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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At Tuesday’s meeting and prior to a vote by the council, Fuller will be given the right to rebut the grounds for the censure proposed.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The series has hit the Netflix Top 10 in all 93 countries that the company measures; Season 4 was the first-ever English-language series to cross 1 billion hours streamed on the platform, and continues to be the streamer’s third-most-popular English-language TV title.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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Befitting of JJJJound’s minimalist, premium design language, each pair is light on flair, letting the Speedcat’s iconic silhouette and high-quality materials do the heavy lifting here.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Like with your broody, next door neighbor nemesis, who might just be the key to finding your missing best friend.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Robbie was stabbed by his Dark Hearts nemesis Jayson (Sam Keeley) and ultimately bled out in the car as Tom (Mark Ruffalo) attempted to rush him to the hospital.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
13 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Curse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curse. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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