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      curse
      noun
      A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
      The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
      A vulgar epithet.
      A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
      (slang, dated, derogatory, usually with "the") A woman's menses.
      verb
      To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
      (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
      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.
      (intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
      (transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
      Synonyms for curse
      imprecatevexecrationncussnjinxnmaledictionnbanenimprecationnswearwordnwhammynhexnswearvblasphemevexpletivenscourgendamnadjanathematizevoathntormentnspellvdamnationncantrip
      Words related to curse
      maledictvbeshrewvimprecatormalisonmaledictoryadjexecrativeadjimprecatoryadjexecratoryadjcomminatevexecratoraccursedadjexecratedvaccursednessnaccursedlyadvexecratesvexecratingvcursedlyadvpishoguespellableadj

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