10, 12. Curse,blaspheme,swear are often interchangeable in the sense of using profane language. However, curse is the general word for the heartfelt invoking or angry calling down of evil on another: to curse an enemy. To blaspheme is to speak contemptuously or with abuse of God or of sacred things: to blaspheme openly. To swear is to use the name of God or of some holy person or thing as an exclamation to add force or show anger: to swear in every sentence.
OTHER WORDS FROM curse
curser,nounoutcurse,verb (used with object),out·cursed,out·curs·ing.un·curs·ing,adjective
The Jazz will use wings and forwards to set ball screens and confuse defenders, but the lion’s share of Mitchell’s attack involves a partnership with Gobert that’s both a gift and a curse.
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Your already-simmering emotions leap into overdrive, and you lay on the horn and shout curses no one can hear.
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With their curse lifted, the Red Sox just kept winning over the next decade and a half.
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These mummies come complete with mazes and hieroglyphs and maybe a curse or two.
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However, these “potty-mouthed princesses” curse like proverbial sailors to prove a point.
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His memory is encyclopedic--a curse for a man who feels persecuted.
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For much of our political history, the “third term” curse was non-existent.
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Throwing out a ceremonial first pitch has always been a blessing and a curse.
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The remoteness of the area has been both its curse and its blessing throughout history.
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He was too desperate to curse his fate—he could only long for food.
The Ape, the Idiot & Other People|W. C. Morrow
Its been the curse of my life to be the son of an eminent man.
The Bishop's Apron|W. Somerset Maugham
In a day or two the defeated aspirant had further cause to curse his false friend.
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I beg you to greet for me all our old friends in the Palatinate; I curse this war to-day more than ever.
The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr|Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon
Yet you would not curse her now—were she lying here at your feet—or if you were standing by her deathbed?
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)|John Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for curse
curse
/ (kɜːs) /
noun
a profane or obscene expression of anger, disgust, surprise, etc; oath
an appeal to a supernatural power for harm to come to a specific person, group, etc
harm resulting from an appeal to a supernatural powerto be under a curse
something that brings or causes great trouble or harm
a saying, charm, effigy, etc, used to invoke a curse
an ecclesiastical censure of excommunication
the curseinformalmenstruation or a menstrual period
verbcurses, cursing, cursedorarchaiccurst
(intr)to utter obscenities or oaths
(tr)to abuse (someone) with obscenities or oaths
(tr)to invoke supernatural powers to bring harm to (someone or something)
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