1. (

• curse ,
• cuss ,
• blaspheme ,
• swear ,
• imprecate

) utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" ;

2. (

• curse ,

) heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger" ;

3. (

• curse ,
• beshrew ,
• damn ,
• bedamn ,
• anathemize ,
• anathemise ,
• imprecate ,
• maledict

) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" ;

4. (

• excommunicate ,
• unchurch ,
• curse ,

) exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" ;

1. (

• cursed ,
• curst

) deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning" ;

2. (

• cursed ,
• damned ,
• doomed ,
• unredeemed ,
• unsaved

) in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls" ;