Definitions for curses

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curses curse

Spelling: [kurs]

IPA: /kɜrs/

Curses is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in curses (cerssu).

Definitions for curses

noun

1. the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
2. a formula or charm intended to cause such misfortune to another.
3. the act of reciting such a formula.
4. a profane oath; curse word.
5. an evil that has been invoked upon one.
6. the cause of evil, misfortune, or trouble.
7. something accursed.
8. Slang. the menstrual period; menstruation (usually preceded by the).
9. an ecclesiastical censure or anathema.

verb (used with object)

1. to wish or invoke evil, calamity, injury, or destruction upon.
2. to swear at.
3. to blaspheme.
4. to afflict with great evil.
5. to excommunicate.

verb (used without object)

1. to utter curses; swear profanely.

Origin of curses

before 1050; Middle English curs (noun), cursen (verb), Old English curs (noun), cursian (verb), of disputed origin

Examples for curses

On every side arose shrieks, groans, exhortations and curses.

Either fondly or with curses, it is a time to look back at a year grown familiar to us now.

Many minors report that curses, threats, and sometimes even beatings are customary during this experience.

Who talks about sports “curses” as much as the fans who stubbornly remain fans in the face of such curses?

Children, even when they are difficult, deserve not to be seen as curses or blights or punishments.

Then there was a current of curses, a swift hissing of invective.

But Mr. Skillett was alive; his curses were heard above all other sounds.

Her filial piety gives her dreadful faith in a father's curses.

curses have, as the wise man said, a habit of coming home to roost.

Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.