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Meanings of curses in English
Supernatural hindrance, or incantation intended to bestow such a hindrance.
Synonyms
Examples for "curse"
Examples for "curse"
1
Thyestes exalts over the fulfillment of another chapter in the inevitable curse.
2
They had got the Nibelungen hoard; and with it the Nibelungen curse.
3
The curse of militarism may make itself felt even in the school-room.
4
Maybe Drake is trying to direct the curse's power towards the Warriors.
5
The fearful curse of the country, however, is the belief in witchcraft.
1
Tulan repeated the command with a good deal of cursing and fuming.
2
He'd seen that look before; she was torn between laughing and cursing.
3
A mixture of Spanish and English cursing peppered the still morning air.
4
Presently they heard the mutineers approaching, stumbling and cursing in the darkness.
5
In the mean while, in his secret soul, Lecoq was cursing himself.
1
She stared without seeing anyone, as a person in the night sits staring and listening to deadly sounds, to evil incantations.
Usage of curses in English
1
Since I dealt only with that text, I created no new curses.
2
Smothered curses were constantly heard, every time someone trod on a thistle.
3
He was followed by the curses of the foreman and the gang.
4
Pushing farther and farther until he could no longer hear Ulfger's curses.
5
He curses the foul creatures, not in speech-onlyin heart, and silently.
6
From the road he could hear the curses of the outwitted highwaymen.
7
Nevertheless this lover curses the administrator as the cause of the fiasco.
8
Most, however, remained to glare and frown and mutter curses at us.
9
Peace in a sinful course is one of the greatest of curses.
10
It was a bad business; I gave up Fouzilhac with my curses.
11
Ahead of her, she could hear muffled curses and banging against metal.
12
Injustice-thereis the loathed crime which curses the memory of the world.
13
She stabs herself, and dying in the arms of Fides curses him.
14
She muttered a few curses in reply, but Jacob let it pass.
15
There were times they heard Jane's shrill curses and Emma's sobbing wails.
16
The effect of its curses putrefied flesh and set wounds to festering.
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Translations for curses
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Curses through the time
Curses across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common