curse

Noun

• a severe affliction

• something causing misery or death
  • the bane of my life
    

• an evil spell
  • a witch put a curse on his whole family
    
  • he put the whammy on me
    

• an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

• profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
  • expletives were deleted
    

Verb

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

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

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

• utter obscenities or profanities
  • The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  torment , bane , scourge , nemesis , hex , jinx , whammy , execration , condemnation , curse word , expletive , oath , swearing , swearword , cuss , excommunicate , unchurch , beshrew , damn , bedamn , anathemize , anathemise , imprecate , maledict , blaspheme , swear
• Antonyms: 
  communicate , bless