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" ;