Main entry: oath, curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, swearing, swearword
Definition: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
Usage: expletives were deleted
Main entry: jinx, hex, whammy, curse
Definition: an evil spell
Usage: a witch put a curse on his whole family; he put the whammy on me
Main entry: curse, condemnation, execration
Definition: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
Definition: a severe affliction
Main entry: curse, nemesis, bane, scourge
Definition: something causing misery or death
Usage: the bane of my life
Main entry: blaspheme, curse, cuss, swear, imprecate
Definition: utter obscenities or profanities
Usage: The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
Main entry: beshrew, bedamn, anathemise, anathemize, imprecate, curse, damn, maledict
Definition: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Usage: The bad witch cursed the child
Main entry: curse
Definition: heap obscenities upon
Usage: The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
Main entry: curse, excommunicate, unchurch
Definition: exclude from a church or a religious community
Usage: The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner