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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kurs
Phonetic Transcription : kɜrs



Definition of curses

Origin :
  • Old English cursian, from the source of curse (n.). Meaning "to swear profanely" is from early 13c. Related: Cursed; cursing.
  • noun hateful, swearing remark
  • noun misfortune wished upon someone
  • verb swear
Example sentences :
  • Then there was a current of curses, a swift hissing of invective.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • On every side arose shrieks, groans, exhortations and curses.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • But Mr. Skillett was alive; his curses were heard above all other sounds.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • Her filial piety gives her dreadful faith in a father's curses.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Curses have, as the wise man said, a habit of coming home to roost.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He was greeted with snarls by his kind, with curses and stones by his gods.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • "You can't get away with it," Miro snarled, muttering a string of curses.
  • Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
  • He accuses, he curses nobody; and does not regret that he was born.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • Oedipus and Amyntor and Theseus cursed their children, and their curses took effect.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • Then they left it with curses of content and went their ways.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

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