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as in condemnations
a prayer that harm will come to someone
uttered a curse upon his persecutor from the scaffold
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2
as in swears
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
started muttering curses after hitting his thumb with the hammer
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as in threats
a source of harm or misfortune
intolerance of personal differences is a curse of humanity
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as in condemns
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 plagues
to cause persistent suffering to
misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house
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as in cusses
to use offensive or indecent language
you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse
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as in blames
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 curses
Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Seth was given the job to create a list of curses and a list of clean words that Steve could shout.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
The street entertainment will include hand-pan music, breakdancing and performer Sarah Beth Nelson, who will create custom blessings and curses on handmade paper for patrons, Daily said.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
As rocks and curses flew from the street, bullets spat from the middle window on the south side of the house.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Seth was given the job to create a list of curses and a list of clean words that Steve could shout.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
The street entertainment will include hand-pan music, breakdancing and performer Sarah Beth Nelson, who will create custom blessings and curses on handmade paper for patrons, Daily said.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curses
Noun
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Almost as quickly as the condemnations of political violence came the conspiracy theories on the shooting.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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While other festival heads like Venice’s Alberto Barbera have shared personal condemnations of the violence in Gaza on social media, no festival has weighed into the situation directly as a whole institution.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The threats are sometimes even leveled against family members.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Looking at the depth chart, the Eagles now have three threats coming out of the backfield.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jezebel condemns the shooting of Charlie Kirk in the strongest possible terms.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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The United States and South Korean militaries are holding annual joint exercises that North Korea condemns as a rehearsal for invasion.—
Stella Kim,
NBC news,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Everything that plagues Chicago also plagues America.—
Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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This temporary fix does nothing to resolve the chronic underfunding and instability that plagues these programs year after year.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Laura confronts Cherry about Nicholas and swears to tell Daniel everything.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Bronax Pillow Slippers One PEOPLE shopping writer swears by these cushy house shoes, which have held up to three years of daily wear.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Delta blames a global IT outage last summer for its performance problems.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The man who unleashed a mob on the Capitol, and said Liz Cheney should face nine barrels shooting at her for supporting his opponent, blames the radical left for their rhetoric.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Almánzar admitted the argument devolved into obscenities.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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Almanzar then allegedly became upset, put her finger in Ellis’ face, yelled obscenities, scratched her face with her long nails and spit on her, Ellis testified.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Qatar denounces ‘cowardly’ Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders Israel launched an aerial strike against senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, in its first direct attack on Qatari soil, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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For instance, ProPublica cited his tax experience as exceptionally limited, pointing out that his only qualification centers around being a Certified Tax & Business Advisor, which ProPublica denounces as a dubious and frivolous designation.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Curses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curses. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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