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Synonyms for curses

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kurs

Phonetic Transcription : kɜrs

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Définition of curses

Origin : Old English cursian, from the source of curse (n.). Meaning "to swear profanely" is from early 13c. Related: Cursed; cursing.

noun hateful, swearing remark
noun misfortune wished upon someone
verb swear

Example sentences :

Then there was a current of curses, a swift hissing of invective.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

On every side arose shrieks, groans, exhortations and curses.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

But Mr. Skillett was alive; his curses were heard above all other sounds.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

Her filial piety gives her dreadful faith in a father's curses.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Curses have, as the wise man said, a habit of coming home to roost.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

He was greeted with snarls by his kind, with curses and stones by his gods.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

"You can't get away with it," Miro snarled, muttering a string of curses.
Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner

He accuses, he curses nobody; and does not regret that he was born.
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

Oedipus and Amyntor and Theseus cursed their children, and their curses took effect.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Then they left it with curses of content and went their ways.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

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