Curse

v. t.	1.	To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate. [imp. & p. p. Cursed (k?rst) or Curst; p. pr. & vb. n. Cursing.] Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people. - Ex. xxii. 28. Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. - Shak.
	2.	To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment. On impious realms and barbarous kings impose Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those. - Pope. To curse by bell, book, and candle See under Bell.
v. i.	1.	To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear. Then began he to curse and to swear. - Matt. xxi. 74. His spirits hear me, And yet I need must curse. - Shak.
n.	1.	An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction. Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses. - Shak.
	2.	Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation. The priest shall write these curses in a book. - Num. v. 23. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. - Old Proverb.
	3.	The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment. The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance. - Shak. All that I eat, or drink, or shall beget, Is propagated curse. - Milton. The curse of Scotland (Card Playing) the nine of diamonds. Not worth a curse See under Cress.

Noun	1.	curse - profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" Synonyms: expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, curse word, cuss
	2.	curse - an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group Synonyms: execration, condemnation
	3.	curse - an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" Synonyms: hex, jinx, whammy
	4.	curse - something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life" Synonyms: bane, nemesis, scourge
	5.	curse - a severe affliction Synonyms: torment
Verb	1.	curse - utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" Synonyms: blaspheme, cuss, swear, imprecate
	2.	curse - heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
	3.	curse - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict Antonyms: bless - give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
	4.	curse - exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" Synonyms: excommunicate

To dream that you or someone is under a curse, suggests that you are getting caught up in your own guilt. You also need to proceed with caution in some situation or relationship. To dream that you or someone is cursing, refers to your inner fears.Jonah, abuse, accurse, adverse circumstances, adversity, afflict, affliction, aggravation, aggrieve, anathema, anathematize, annoyance, bad influence, bad language, bane, befoul, bewitch, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitter pill, blaspheme, blasphemy, blast, blight, bugbear, bummer, burden, burden of care, calamity, cankerworm of care, cantrip, care, catamenia, catamenial discharge, charm, commination, condemn, confound, corrupt, courses, cross, crown of thorns, crucify, crushing burden, curse and swear, cuss, cuss word, damage, damn, damnation, damning, darn, death, defile, denunciation, deprave, despoil, destroy, destruction, difficulties, difficulty, dirty name, dirty word, disadvantage, disease, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, downer, dysphemism, dysphemize, enchantment, encumbrance, envenom, epithet, evil, evil eye, evil genius, evil star, excommunicate, execrate, execration, exorcism, expletive, flowers, foul invective, fulminate against, gall, gall and wormwood, get into trouble, glamour, grievance, handicap, harass, hard knocks, hard life, hard lot, hardcase, hardship, harm, hex, hoodoo, hurt, ill wind, impair, imprecate, imprecation, infect, infliction, injure, irritation, jinx, load, magic spell, malediction, malevolent influence, malocchio, maltreat, menace, menses, menstrual discharge, menstruation, misfortune, mistreat, molest, monthlies, naughty word, nemesis, no-no, objurgate, objurgation, obscenity, open wound, oppression, outrage, pack of troubles, peck of troubles, period, periods, persecute, pest, pestilence, plague, play havoc with, play hob with, plight, poison, pollute, predicament, prejudice, pressure, profanation, profane oath, profanity, rigor, running sore, sacrilege, saddle, savage, scathe, scatologize, scourge, sea of troubles, sorrow, spell, stress, stress of life, swear at, swearword, taint, talk dirty, that time, the curse, thorn, threaten, throw a whammy, thunder against, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, troubles, vale of tears, vexation, vicissitude, vilify, violate, visitation, voodoo, wanga, waters of bitterness, weigh down, weight, weird, whammy, woe, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong

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