Synonyms for curses
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kurs |
| Phonetic Transcription : kÉœrs |
Top 10 synonyms for curses Other synonyms for the word curses
- affliction
- anathema
- ban
- be foul-mouthed
- bedamn
- blaspheme
- blaspheming
- blasphemy
- Cancer
- commination
- cross
- cursing
- cuss word
- cussing
- damning
- denunciation
- dirty name
- dirty word
- double whammy
- evil eye
- execrate
- execration
- flame
- four-letter word
- fulmination
- hydra
- imprecate
- imprecation
- malediction
- malison
- naughty words
- no-no
- oath
- objuration
- obloquy
- ordeal
- pestilence
- plague
- profanation
- sacrilege
- scourge
- swear word
- swearing
- take name in vain
- talk dirty
- torment
- tribulation
- trouble
- use bad language
- utter profanity
- vexation
- vilification
- voodoo
- whammy
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for curses
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