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Curse v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cursed or Curst; p. pr. & vb. n. Cursing.]
1. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people. --Ex. xxii. 28.
Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. --Shak.
2. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
On impious realms and barbarous kings impose
Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those. --Pope.
To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell.
Curst, a. Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling. [Obs.]
Though his mind
Be ne'er so curst, his tonque is kind. --Crashaw.
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curse
n 1: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;
"expletives were deleted" [syn: curse word, expletive,
oath, swearing, swearword, cuss]
2: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on
someone or some group [syn: execration, condemnation]
3: an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family";
"he put the whammy on me" [syn: hex, jinx, whammy]
4: something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
[syn: bane, scourge, nemesis]
5: a severe affliction [syn: torment]
v 1: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were
cursing loudly in the street" [syn: cuss, blaspheme,
swear, imprecate]
2: heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't
get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
3: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the
child" [syn: beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise,
imprecate, maledict] [ant: bless]
4: exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay
priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
[syn: excommunicate] [ant: communicate]
[also: curst]
curst
adj : deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier;
"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" [syn: cursed] [ant: blessed]