Curse synonyms and antonyms
kûrs
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Part of speech:
The definition of an imprecation is the act of calling for evil or a curse on someone.
A jinx
The state or quality of being profane
call down evil on
To swear at
A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
A word, expression, or concept viewed as odious or intolerable:
Malediction
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The monthly flow of blood from the uterus beginning at puberty in girls and other female primates.
An imprecation; a curse.
(Old Poet.) Deadly harm; ruin; death
wish calamity on
To swear at
Alternative spelling of swear word.
bad-language
To declare solemnly in the name of God or of something held sacred
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To put to an improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse.
To loathe; detest; abhor
To condemn to an undesirable fate; destine:
To treat or speak to with scorn, insolence, or great disrespect; subject to treatment, a remark, etc. that hurts or is meant to hurt the feelings or pride
invoke harm on
To swear at
anathematic
Having the characteristic of anathema
The definition of detestable is disgusting, hateful or awful.
A person or thing cursed or detested
To deprive of the right of church membership by ecclesiastical authority.
communicate (antonym)
To have a sympathetic or meaningful relationship
(Archaic) A curse; an imprecation.
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The act of swearing, or making an oath.
cuss-word
(Slang) Curse word or phrase.
That which causes harm, misfortune, or destruction:
Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.
A profaning or being profaned; desecration; defilement
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A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing.
A look believed by some to be able to harm or bewitch the one stared at
profane swearing
Malediction
An act of blasphemy.
That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.
A formal denunciation.
Strong rebuke; strong scolding
Slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination
The condition of disgrace suffered as a result of abuse or vilification; ill repute.
blue word
Malediction
naughty word
Malediction
Anything causing pain or distress; calamity
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swear profanely
To utter curses
use foul language
To utter curses
be foul-mouthed
To utter curses
be obscene
To utter curses
use strong language
To utter curses
use invective
To utter curses
swear-like-a-trooper
(Simile) To swear a lot; to utter many swear words.
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Cuss is defined as to use a foul word.
To inflict physical, sexual, or psychological harm upon
call down curses on the head of
To swear at
put a curse on
To swear at
To utter an anathema (against); curse
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To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
fulminate against
To swear at
thunder against
To swear at
The definition of blaspheme is to use God's name to speak in an irreverent manner.
(Obs.) To announce, esp. in a menacing way
(Intransitive) To suffer blight.
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call-names
(Intransitive) To insult somebody childishly; to engage in name-calling.
put a whammy on
To swear at
blasphemy (related)
The act of reviling, ridiculing, or being disrespectful or irreverent of, by words or conduct, God, religion, a religious doctrine, a religious icon, or anything considered sacred. A crime under the common law if the blasphemy was directed towards Christianity or Christian doctrine and icons and is still a statutory crime (although rarely enforced) in many states.
(Prenominal) Hateful; detestable.
Of or pertaining to commination.
Deserving to be cursed
Deserving of execration; hateful.
imprecatory
That imprecates
maledictory
Extremely unpleasant; repulsive:
anathematization
The act of anathematizing; vigorous denunciation.
A duty, obligation, or responsibility.
Malediction
The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
(Archaic) A curse
maranatha
An invocation to the Lord, sometimes regarded as forming, with the preceding anathema (in 1 Cor. 16:22), an intensified curse or malediction
Something that causes persistent hardship, trouble, or annoyance:
(Informal) A period of weather of a particular kind:
A source of pain, anxiety, or annoyance
A supernatural spell for subduing an adversary; a hex:
To call evil or injury down on; damn
praise (antonym)
(Archaic) A reason or basis for praise
compliment (antonym)
The definition of a compliment is the act of giving praise.
blessing (antonym)
Blessing is defined as God's favor, or a person's sanction or support, or something you ask God for, or something for which you are grateful.
The act of damning or the condition of being damned.
The definition of a malediction is a curse or words or speech intended to bring about destruction or evil.
One that brings bad luck.
Sick people considered as a group. Often used with the.
A curse; a malediction.
A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
To be in agony or great pain; feel anguish
Anguish is defined as causing or feeling extreme pain or worry.
To arrange in or on a rack
To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
To refuse to continue to work until certain demands are met; go on strike
To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another).
words (related)
A denunciation invoking a wish or threat of evil or injury
help (related)
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
decent (related)
A profane or obscene term
sacred (related)
A profane or obscene term
attack (related)
The definition of attack is to make an attempt to hurt someone or something (physically or verbally), to destroy someone or something, to impact someone or something in a dangerous manner, or to forcibly take someone or something.
A word that is a vulgarity.
A condemning or being condemned
(Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance. Her Roman counterpart is Invidia.
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XII:
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
To deprive (an entire congregation or sect) of its rights as a church
bless (antonym)
To make happy or prosperous; gladden
devil (related)
slay (related)
wrath (related)
the wicked (related)
the curse (related)
weep (related)
wicked (related)
The state or quality of being vulgar, crude, coarse, unrefined, etc.
That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
Any of several short words having to do with sex or excrement and generally regarded as offensive or objectionable
take the Lord's name in vain
To utter curses
To say defamatory things about someone or something.
cuss out
To swear at
read out of the church
To pronounce a religious curse
demon (related)
Synonym Study
- Anathematize strictly refers to the formal utterance of solemn condemnation by ecclesiastical authority, but in general use suggests vehement denunciation of a person or thing viewed as detestable
- Imprecate suggests the calling down of calamity on someone, esp. from a desire for revenge
- Execrate suggests cursing prompted by great anger or abhorrence
- Damn carries the same general meaning but, in strict usage, implies the use of the word ``damn"" in the curse he damned his enemies = he said, ``Damn my enemies!""
- Curse is the general word for calling down evil or injury on someone or something
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