curse
Witch's spoken vengeance
A curse is a spoken wish for harm or misfortune to befall someone, often invoking supernatural power: She put a curse on the family.
The word extends to the harm itself—an affliction or source of persistent trouble: Flooding has been the curse of this region.
To curse is to utter such a wish, or more commonly, to swear or use profanity: He cursed under his breath.
Cursed describes something afflicted by a curse or, informally, something frustrating: This cursed printer never works.
Malevolent incantation
- jinxCurse bringing misfortune
- spellArrange letters correctly
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- maledictionVerbal invocation of harm
incantation · bewitchment · voodoo · hoodoo · evil eye · imprecation · execration · anathema
Eternal punishment decree
- anathemaIntensely detested thing
- denunciationFormal public accusation
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- imprecationSpoken wish for harm
execration · ban · censure · reprobation · proscription · doom · consignment · eternal punishment
Profane emotional utterance
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- swearwordTaboo spoken obscenity
- cussSpeak profanely
- obscenityIndecent word or act
oath · four-letter word · blasphemy · invective · epithet · dirty word · foul language · cussing
hex
Malevolent incantation
- jinxCurse bringing misfortune
- spellArrange letters correctly
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
malediction · incantation · bewitchment · voodoo · hoodoo · evil eye · imprecation · execration · anathema · bane
damnation
Eternal punishment decree
- anathemaIntensely detested thing
- denunciationFormal public accusation
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
imprecation · execration · ban · censure · reprobation · proscription · doom · consignment · eternal punishment · hellfire
expletive
Profane emotional utterance
obscenity · oath · four-letter word · blasphemy · invective · epithet · dirty word · foul language · cussing · blue language
affliction
Cause of ongoing distress
blight · burden · torment · doom · albatross · nemesis · ill-fortune · calamity · woe · plight
- fantasy elementsdragon, wizard, witch, spell, wand
- fantasy adventuredragon, dragons, wizard, wizards, magic
- fantasy fictionepic fantasy, high fantasy, low fantasy, dark fantasy, urban fantasy
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
- Disney tropestrue love's kiss, happily ever after, evil stepmother, talking animals, fairy godmother
- fairy tale elementsfairies, pixies, sprites, elves, gnomes
curseblessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
bless · benediction · benison · uncurse · consecration
- curse wordsTaboo expletives
- curse itFrustrated exclamation
- a blessing and a curseSomething with dual nature
- curse like a sailorUse abundant profanity
- curse outAttack with profanity
- curse lifted
cursed, curses, cursing, accursed, curse word, curse words, countercurse