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curse
noun as in hateful, swearing remark
Strong matches
anathema, ban, blaspheming, blasphemy, commination, cursing, cussing, damning, denunciation, execration, fulmination, imprecation, malediction, oath, obloquy, profanation, sacrilege, swearing, vilification
Weak matches
cuss word, dirty name, dirty word, double whammy, four-letter word, malison, naughty words, no-no, objuration, swear word
noun as in misfortune wished upon someone
verb as in swear
Strongest match
Weak matches
be foul-mouthed, take name in vain, talk dirty, use bad language, utter profanity
Example Sentences
This 1967 novel is a tale of murder in a supposedly cursed rural house.
Autumn curses, as if that—not the possibility of being stuck in the underworld—is the worst news she’s heard all day.
This family was so, well, incorrigibly miserable, one might easily conclude that they too were under a curse.
“Have you ever considered that the Ashtons might be under some sort of a curse?”
“Silly Fredrick! You make it sound as if the Ashtons were cursed. Ha ha ha!”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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