Synonyms of cursing

cursing 1 of 2

noun

as in swearing

Related Words

• swearing
• profanity
• blasphemy
• insult
• sacrilege
• desecration
• affront
• impiety
• irreverence
• violation
• profanation
• defilement
• pollution
• contamination
• corruption
• trespass
• debasement
• sin

Dissimilar Words

• worship
• adoration
• purification
• consecration
• reverence
• glorification
• sanctification
• veneration

cursing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of curse

1

as in condemning

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• condemning
• denouncing
• anathematizing
• imprecating
• beshrewing
• execrating
• hexing
• maledicting
• jinxing
• reviling
• damning
• reprobating
• darning
• voodooing
• danging
• railing (against)
• cussing (out)
• fulminating (against)
• dashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commending
• congratulating
• blessing
• applauding

2

as in plaguing

to cause persistent suffering to

misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plaguing
• persecuting
• afflicting
• torturing
• besieging
• attacking
• tormenting
• bothering
• excruciating
• besetting
• agonizing
• bedeviling
• stinging
• harrowing
• racking
• anguishing
• troubling
• harassing
• badgering
• disturbing
• annoying
• assailing
• griping
• striking
• irritating
• pursuing
• aggravating
• pestering
• worrying
• riding
• oppressing
• bugging
• hounding
• distressing
• hurting
• exasperating
• dogging
• trying
• irking
• stressing
• smiting
• upsetting
• overwhelming
• molesting
• grieving
• riling
• agitating
• stabbing
• harrying
• nettling
• chafing
• vexing
• perturbing
• straining
• discomforting
• grating
• tyrannizing
• victimizing
• galling
• crushing
• peeving
• rasping
• smarting
• wringing
• disquieting
• overpowering
• flustering
• getting
• pricking
• paining
• piquing
• putting out
• hagriding
• discomposing
• panging
• martyring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisting
• aiding
• helping
• abetting
• relieving
• delivering
• releasing
• consoling
• comforting
• contenting
• soothing
• quieting
• solacing
• reprieving
• succoring

3

as in cussing

to use offensive or indecent language

you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swearing
• cussing
• blaspheming
• railing
• damning
• ranting
• reviling
• fulminating
• confounding
• execrating
• imprecating
• anathematizing

4

as in blaming

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blaming
• criticizing
• damning
• chiding
• admonishing
• reprimanding
• imprecating
• rebuking
• reproaching
• reproving
• maledicting
• censuring
• reprehending
• reprobating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• extolling
• magnifying
• blessing
• glorifying
• commending
• lauding
• applauding
• hailing
• saluting
• complimenting
• acclaiming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cursing

Noun

Seeman was caught on camera cursing at McBride during the Cardinals’ loss at the New York Giants. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Paxton had argued that the law-school clinic was not a classroom but a workplace, and that Fisher was punished not for expressing political views but because her cursing and volume had disrupted clinic business. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

The cursing is definitely a big part of being that age, and especially misplaced cursing is funny — kids who don’t exactly know how to curse correctly. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Hoodoo was not only considered a means of assisting people; it has also been associated with hexing or cursing and, in the 18th and 19th centuries, with poisoning. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Danhausen transcended into the mainstream zeitgeist after cursing and un-cursing the New York Knicks en route to the team winning the NBA Championship after a 52-year drought. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

People would literally be in the drive-thru cursing at me. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026

According to Queen Camilla’s son Tom Parker Bowles, his mother had to cut back on a certain bad habit after marrying King Charles—cursing. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 4 June 2026

And then an ignominious end to her Indian Wells title defense, which saw her cursing at the crowd after a tense, tetchy loss to Kateřina Siniaková in her second match. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 2 June 2026

Verb

Getting there is where experienced welders may start cursing at the menu. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026

Line judge Jeff Seeman was fined for apparently cursing at Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

And, in a representative bid of concern, the coaches are cursing in their news conferences. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

The drunk-and-disorderly charge is linked to a December incident, in which Minton is accused of shouting and cursing at patrons of a tattoo studio in Hickory, court records show. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

Some of us would like to spend less time cursing sun damage, some of us have been honing a gentle routine for managing acne for years, and some of us want to smooth without exacerbating rosacea or eczema. — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026

Critics are cursing Practical Magic 2, the legasequel of the 1998 cult film. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026

Although the dialogue was mostly the same, Hunt accuses Stanich of slapping a bracelet out of her hand, cursing her out and being more aggressive. — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2026

Video that the teen lobster diver's family shared with ABC Miami affiliate WSVN allegedly shows Simpson swimming away from the third lung and back to the Contender vessel as people on Del Sol's boat began yelling and cursing at him. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026