curse

n

1. imprecation, execration, fulmination, malediction, denunciation, proscription, abomination, damnation, excommunication.

2. charm, incantation, conjuration, invocation, magic formula, voodoo, hoodoo, jinx, evil eye, It. malocchio, Inf.Indian sign, Sl. whammy, Sl. double-whammy, Archaic. wanion.

3. abuse, cursing, vituperation, vilification, invective; profanity, oath, blasphemy, expletive, Inf. cuss, Inf. bad or dirty word, Sl. swear.

4. evil, misfortune, calamity, trouble; bane, scourge, plague, affliction, torment; harm, evil days or times, bitter pill, cross to bear, thorn in the side, crown of thorns; annoyance, vexation.

v

5. anathematize, comminate, execrate, male-diet, fulminate, excommunicate; blast, damn, denounce, proscribe, vituperate, thunder against, badger; call down, Inf. cuss out; give [s.o.] the evil eye, Sl. give [s.o.] the whammy or double-whammy, Sl. put the whammy on [s.o.].

6. blaspheme, swear, use God's name in vain.

7. plague, blight, scourge, injure, harm, destroy, doom; jinx, vex, trouble, beset, annoy, harass, distress.