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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
The next morning, when the recruits are ordered to shave, one nervously eyes his razor and curses to himself.
Two other women showed up around the same time, with wigs, and yelled curses at the ICE officials and National Guard troops on the other side of the new chain-link fence surrounding the facility.
It’s the constant silent treatment, putting off answering my questions, the angry curses when I explode.
Why can baseball and basketball players do their jobs with 60,000 hostile fans cursing at full volume but golfers and tennis players need complete silence to do theirs?
Yes, I still occasionally curse the number of youth sports apps on my phone.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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