vverb.communicationutter obscenities or profanitiesSynset:blaspheme curse cuss imprecate swear
Examples:- The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
Derivationally Related Form:cussswearingcurseswearer
Hypernyms:express give tongue to utter verbalise verbalize
Inherited Hypernyms:curseexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.communicationheap obscenities uponExamples:- The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
Derivationally Related Form:curse
Hypernyms:abuse blackguard clapperclaw shout
Inherited Hypernyms:curseabuseattackknockcommentnotestateexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: curse)
vverb.communicationwish harm upon; invoke evil uponSynset:anathemise anathemize bedamn beshrew curse damn imprecate maledict
Examples:- The bad witch cursed the child
Antonyms:bless
Derivationally Related Form:damnationimprecationcursemaledictiondamnatory
Hypernyms:arouse bring up call down call forth conjure conjure up evoke invoke put forward raise stir
Inherited Hypernyms:curseraisecall upmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.communicationexclude from a church or a religious communitySynset:curse excommunicate unchurch
Examples:- The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
Antonyms:communicate
Derivationally Related Form:excommunication
Hypernyms:exclude keep out shut shut out
Inherited Hypernyms:excommunicateexcludeprevent
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
adjadj.alldeserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifierSynset:curst
Examples:- villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed
- cursed with four daughter
- not a cursed drop
- his cursed stupidity
- I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning
Antonyms:blessed
Inherited Hypernyms:cursed
Similar to:accursed accurst maledict blame blamed blasted blessed damn damned darned deuced goddam goddamn goddamned infernal cursed with stuck with damn goddamn damnable execrable
adj satadj.allin danger of the eternal punishment of HellTopic:Christian religionChristianity
Synset:damned doomed unredeemed unsaved
Antonyms:saved
Inherited Hypernyms:cursed
Similar to:lost