Alternativa stavningar
- (eye dialect) cursin'
Synonymer
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Definitioner
Substantiv
- A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
- A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
- The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
- A vulgar epithet.
- (slang) A woman's menses.
Verb
- (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
- To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
- (transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
- (intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
- 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.
Exempel
- The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance.
- Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
- Captain Edward Carlisle[...]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[...]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
- Thou shalt not[...]curse the ruler of thy people.
- Then began he to curse and to swear.
- His spirits hear me, / And yet I need must curse.
- On impious realms and barbarous kings impose / Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those.
- I have placed a curse on his head forever.
- We'll have no curses here at school.
- The guard heard the old man uttering a surprising variety of curses, as the old man was led out the front gate.
- I don’t want to hear you curse again!
- I curse him forever.
Böjningsformer
| Perfektparticip | cursed | Perfektparticip | curst |
| Imperfekt | cursed | Imperfekt | curst |
| Presensparticip | cursing | Plural | curses |
| Tredje person singular indicativ presens | curses | Tredje person singular indicativ presens | curseth |