Definition: 1. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger. 2. An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group. 3. An evil spell. 4. Something causes misery or death. 5. A severe affliction. 6. Utter obscenities or profanities. 7. Heap obscenities upon. 8. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon.
Use 'curse' in a sentence:
1. Bulman was cursed with a poor memory for names.
2. Summer colds are a terrible curse.
3. So we set off again, cursing the delay, towards the west.
4. That, in itself, may be a curse.
5. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is an absolute brilliant cartoon comedy.
6. Poor mother is cursed with bad health.
7. Apathy is the long-standing curse of British local democracy.
8. I cursed and hobbled to my feet.
9. He muttered a curse at the other driver.
10. He's been the object of a voodoo curse.
11. Is this a gift or a curse?
12. John Canty delivered himself of a furious curse and commanded a retreat; but it was too late.
13. I never saw Malcolm curse.
14. A merry laugh or an angry curse, can all make good writing.
15. He shot her an angry look and a curse.
16. The ground was cursed because of him.
17. He cursed himself for having been so careless.
18. The victory was mine, I still believe, but when I made to take the trophy, winded Helen shook her head, declaring, "I have the curse."
19. It is our curse.
20. People cursed and stammered apologies.
21. Apathy is the long-standing curse of democracy.
22. It is a learned process, which is both a curse and an opportunity for change.
23. The family thought that they were under a curse.
24. Habits are a blessing, and a curse.
25. Communicable diseases have been a curse of mankind since time immemorial.
26. They see their failure to produce an heir as a curse from God.
27. We have grown accustomed to having our ears assailed by mindless cursing and profanities.
28. What a curse those bollworms are!
29. They curse at me and yell.
30. They began to curse and shout in a babble of languages.
31. Joanna heard him bump into the table and curse again.
32. She puts a dark mist upon her and brings a curse upon all those who drive her out, who deal in her and twist her in dealing.
33. The necklace was cursed.
34. His wealth proved a curse to him.
35. The Curse of the Mogul is not a gloomy book, for all its censure.
36. I figured if we were cursed, I could curse, too.
37. If he hit that dime only on the edge he would set down and cry--and curse.
38. But now the curse has struck.
39. He broke out into curses.
40. Yeats, in "Adam's Curse", regrets that the beautiful is something to be labored for and he wants to conceal that labor.
41. Yeats, in Adam's Curse, regrets that the beautiful is something to be labored for and he wants to conceal that labor.
42. He cursed himself for his stupidity.
43. She silently cursed her own stupidity.
44. She cursed at one of her servants this morning.
45. They were frequently cursed and beaten by the employer.
46. Grandma protested, but he cursed her and rudely pushed her aside.
47. As I say: Bless him, or curse him.
48. I wish this cursed place was burned.
49. Legend has it that the whole village had been cursed by a witch.
50. As they smash up neat Georgian barracks, the Russians curse their own poverty and hail their victory at the same time.
51. You could go to Yeats' poem Adam's Curse to see how the poet talks about this aesthetic ideal.
52. Maybe there is a curse on my family.
53. You may bless him or curse him for what he has done.
