curse

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Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɜːs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /kɝs/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Etymology 1

From Middle English curse, kors, cors, curs, from Old English cors, curs (“curse”), of unknown origin.

Noun

curse (plural curses)

A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
Synonyms: ban, hex, jinx, malediction
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Malachi 2:2:
  If ye will not heare, and if yee will not lay it to heart, to giue glory vnto my name, saith the Lord of hostes; I will euen send a curse vpon you, and will curse your blessings: yea, I haue cursed them already, because yee doe not lay it to heart.
- 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2:
  Oh Portius, is there not some choſen Curſe,
  Some hidden Thunder in the Stores of Heav’n,
  Red with uncommon Wrath, to blaſt the Man
  Who owes his Greatneſs to his Country’s Ruin?
A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
Synonyms: anathema, malediction
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
Synonyms: affliction, plague
- c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
  The common curſe of mankinde, Folly and Ignorance […]
A vulgar epithet.
Synonyms: cussword, expletive; see also Thesaurus:swear word
- 2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:
  Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
(slang, dated, derogatory, usually with "the") A woman's menses.
Synonyms: courses, period; see also Thesaurus:menstruation

Derived terms

Descendants

Sranan Tongo: kosi

Translations

supernatural detriment

Albanian: nëmë (sq) f
Arabic: لَعْنَة (ar) f (laʕna)
Armenian: անեծք (hy) (aneckʻ)
Awadhi: साप (sāp)
Azerbaijani: lənət (az)
Belarusian: пракля́цце n (prakljáccje)
Bengali: অভিশাপ (bn) (obhiśap)
Breton: mallozh (br)
Bulgarian: прокля́тие (bg) n (prokljátie)
Catalan: maledicció (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 詛咒／诅咒 (zo³ zau³)

Mandarin: 詛咒／诅咒 (zh) (zǔzhòu)
Cornish: molleth f
Czech: kletba (cs) f, prokletí n
Danish: forbandelse c
Dutch: vloek (nl) m, verwensing (nl)
Esperanto: malbeno (eo)
Finnish: kirous (fi)
French: mauvais sort, malédiction (fr) f
Galician: maldizón f, xura f, estocación f, malafada f, perdamá f
Georgian: წყევლა (c̣q̇evla)
German: Fluch (de) m, Verwünschung (de) f, Verdammnis (de) f
Greek: κατάρα (el) f (katára)
Ancient: ἀρά f (ará), κατάρα f (katára)
Hebrew: קְלָלָה (he) f (k'lalá)
Hindi: शाप (hi) m (śāp), अभिशाप (hi) m (abhiśāp)
Hungarian: átok (hu)
Icelandic: bölvun (is) f
Interlingua: malediction
Irish: mallacht (ga) f
Italian: maledizione (it) f, maleficio (it) m
Japanese: 呪い (ja) (のろい, noroi), 呪縛 (ja) (jubaku)
Javanese: sepata (jv)
Kazakh: қарғыс (qarğys)
Korean: 저주(詛呪) (ko) (jeoju)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: جوێن (cwên)

Northern Kurdish: lanet (ku) f, nalet (ku) f
Kyrgyz: аалат (ky) (aalat), каргыш (kargış)
Latin: exsecratio f, imprecātiō f
Latvian: lāsts (lv) m
Lithuanian: prakeikimas, prakeiksmas m
Macedonian: про́клетство n (prókletstvo), кле́тва f (klétva)
Malagasy: ozona (mg), loza (mg)
Malay: sumpahan, kutuk (ms), laknat (ms)
Malayalam: ശാപം (ml) (śāpaṁ)
Maltese: saħta
Manx: mollaght f
Marathi: शाप (mr) m (śāp)
Middle English: malisoun
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хараал (mn) (xaraal)

Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯ (qariyal)
Nahuatl: uexcaitoa
Nogai: наьлет (nälet)
North Frisian: Flök c (Sylt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forbannelse m
Old English: wierġnes f
Persian: لَعْنَت (fa) (la'nat), نِفْرین (fa) (nefrin)
Plautdietsch: Fluch m
Polish: klątwa (pl) f, przekleństwo (pl) n
Portuguese: maldição (pt) f
Romanian: blestem (ro) n, maledicție (ro) f
Russian: прокля́тие (ru) n (prokljátije)
Sanskrit: शाप (sa) m (śāpa)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кле̑тва f, прокле́тство n

Roman: klȇtva (sh) f, proklétstvo (sh) n
Sicilian: malanova (scn) f
Slovak: prekliatie n, kliatba f
Slovene: kletev f, prekletstvo (sl) m
Southern Altai: каргыш (kargïš)
Spanish: maldición (es) f
Sumerian: 𒂊𒍣𒊒 (ezeru)
Swahili: laana (sw)
Swedish: förbannelse (sv) c
Tagalog: sumpa
Tajik: лаънат (tg) (laʾnat), нафрин (nafrin)
Tamil: சாபம் (ta) (cāpam)
Tarifit: amutten m
Tatar: ләгънәт (tt) (läğnät)
Telugu: శాపం (te) (śāpaṁ)
Thai: สาป (th) (sàap), คำสาป
Tocharian B: śāp
Turkish: lanet (tr), bela (tr)
Ukrainian: прокля́ття (uk) n (prokljáttja)
Urdu: لَعْنَت f (la'nat)
Uyghur: لەنەت (lenet)
Uzbek: laʻnat
Volapük: mifätot
Welsh: melltith (cy) f
Yiddish: קללה f (klole)
Yoruba: aburu
Zazaki: bela m

prayer that harm may befall someone

Arabic: لَعْنَة (ar) f (laʕna)
Awadhi: साप (sāp)
Azerbaijani: qarğış (az), bəddua
Belarusian: пракля́цце n (prakljáccje)
Bulgarian: кле́тва (bg) f (klétva)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詛咒／诅咒 (zh) (zǔzhòu)
Dutch: vloek (nl) m
Esperanto: malbeno (eo)
Finnish: kirous (fi)
French: malédiction (fr), mauvais sort
German: Fluch (de) m
Greek: κατάρα (el) f (katára)
Ancient: ἀρά f (ará), κατάρα f (katára)
Hindi: शाप (hi) m (śāp), अभिशाप (hi) m (abhiśāp), बददुआ (hi) f (badduā), लानत (hi) f (lānat), फटकार (hi) m (phaṭkār)
Interlingua: malediction
Irish: oirbhire f
Kabuverdianu: odjada
Korean: 저주(詛呪) (ko) (jeoju)
Latin: exsecratio f
Macedonian: кле́тва f (klétva)
Malayalam: ശാപം (ml) (śāpaṁ), പ്രാക്ക് (prākkŭ)
Marathi: शाप (mr) m (śāp)
Middle English: malisoun
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forbannelse m, ed (no) m
Old English: wierġnes f
Persian: لَعْنَت (fa) (la'nat), نِفْرین (fa) (nefrin)
Plautdietsch: Fluch m
Polish: klątwa (pl) f, przekleństwo (pl) n
Portuguese: maldição (pt) f
Russian: прокля́тие (ru) n (prokljátije), ана́фема (ru) f (anáfema)
Southern Altai: каргыш (kargïš)
Spanish: maldición (es) f
Tajik: лаънат (tg) (laʾnat), нафрин (nafrin)
Tocharian B: śāp
Turkish: beddua (tr), ilenme (tr), ah (tr), ilenç (tr), kargış (tr)
Ukrainian: прокля́ття (uk) n (prokljáttja)
Urdu: بَد دُعا (bad du'ā), لَعْنَت f (la'nat)
Uzbek: laʼnat (uz)
Welsh: melltith (cy) f
Zazaki: zewt f

cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune

Arabic: نِقْمَة f (niqma)
Korean: 저주(詛呪) (ko) (jeoju)
Polish: przekleństwo (pl) n
Spanish: maldición (es) f

vulgar epithet

Abkhaz: ацәҳара (acʷḥara)
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Armenian: հայհոյանք (hy) (hayhoyankʻ)
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: söyüş (az)
Bashkir: please add this translation if you can
Basque: arnegu
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Belarusian: ла́янка f (lájanka), мацю́к m (macjúk) (usually plural)
Bulgarian: псувня́ (bg) f (psuvnjá), ругатня́ (bg) f (rugatnjá)
Catalan: paraulota f
Chinese:
Mandarin:髒話／脏话 (zh) (zānghuà), 惡語／恶语 (zh) (èyǔ)
Czech: nadávka (cs) f, rouhání n
Danish: bandeord n
Esperanto: sakraĵo, sakro
Finnish: kirous (fi)
French: juron (fr) m
German: Fluch (de) m
Greek: κατάρα (el) f (katára)
Hebrew: קְלָלָה (he) f (k'lalá)
Hindi: गाली (hi) f (gālī)
Hungarian: káromkodás (hu)
Irish: eascaine (ga) f, mionn mór m
Italian: imprecazione (it) f
Japanese: 悪口 (ja) (わるくち, warukuchi), 卑語 (ja) (ひご, higo)
Korean: 욕설(辱說) (ko) (yokseol), 비어(卑語) (ko) (bieo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: lanet (ku) f, nalet (ku) f
Kyrgyz: аалат (ky) n (aalat)
Latin: maledictio f
Macedonian: пцо́вка f (pcóvka), пцост m (pcost)
Marathi: शिवी f (śivī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ed (no) m, banneord (no) n

Nynorsk: eid m, bannord n
Persian: فُحْش (fa) (fohš), دُشْنام (fa) (došnâm)
Polish: przekleństwo (pl) n, wulgaryzm (pl) m
Portuguese: praga (pt) f, palavra de baixo calão f, vulgaridade (pt) f, obscenidade (pt) f
Romanian: înjurătură (ro) f, cuvânt urât n
Russian: прокля́тие (ru) n (prokljátije), руга́тельство (ru) n (rugátelʹstvo), ру́гань (ru) f (rúganʹ), брань (ru) f (branʹ), матерщи́на (ru) f (materščína), мат (ru) m (mat), руготня́ (ru) f (rugotnjá) (colloquial), матю́к (ru) m (matjúk) (low colloquial, usually plural), матю́г (ru) m (matjúg) (low colloquial, usually plural)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: псо̑вка f

Roman: psȏvka (sh) f
Slovak: nadávka f
Spanish: mala palabra (es) f, maldición (es) f
Swedish: svordom (sv) c
Tajik: дашном (dašnom), фӯҳш (fühš), ҳақорат (haqorat)
Telugu: తిట్టు (te) (tiṭṭu)
Thai: คนหยาบคาย
Turkish: küfür (tr), sövgü (tr)
Ukrainian: ла́йка f (lájka), матю́к (uk) m (matjúk) (usually plural)
Uzbek: soʻkish (uz), haqorat (uz)
Welsh: rheg f
Zazaki: neng n

This translation table is meant for translations approximating the derogatory or strongly negative nature of this term in English. For standard translations, see the translation table at menstruation.

woman's monthly period

Bulgarian: ци́къл (bg) m (cíkǎl)
Finnish: menkat (fi) pl
Russian: цикл (ru) m (cikl)

Etymology 2

From Middle English cursen, corsen, coursen, from Old English corsian, cursian (“to curse”), from the noun (see above).

Verb

curse (third-person singular simple present curses, present participle cursing, simple past and past participle cursed or (archaic) curst)

(transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
Synonyms: bewitch, damn, ensorcell, maleficiate

Antonym: bless
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 22:10–12:
  And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
  Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
  And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, “A Lady in Company”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […] ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
Synonyms: comminate, execrate, imprecate

Antonym: bless
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 22:28, column 1:
  Thou ſhalt not […] curſe the ruler of thy people.
(transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
Synonyms: swear; see also Thesaurus:swear
(intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
Synonym: swear
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 26:74, column 2:
  Then beganne hee to curſe and to ſweare […]
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 9, column 1:
  […] his Spirits heare me, / And yet I needes muſt curſe.
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
Synonyms: afflict, shaft, wreak
- 1712 May, [Alexander] Pope, transl., “The First Book of Statius his Thebais”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 29:
  On Impious Realms, and barb’rous Kings, impoſe / Thy Plagues, and curſe 'em with ſuch Sons as thoſe.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sranan Tongo: kosi

Translations

to place a curse upon

Aghwan: 𐕣𐔴𐕔𐔴𐔼𐕅𐔴𐕔𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (kefeil'efesun)
Albanian: mallkoj (sq)
Arabic: لَعَنَ (ar) (laʕana)
Armenian: անիծել (hy) (anicel)
Aromanian: blastim
Azerbaijani: lənət oxumaq, nifrin etmək, qarğamaq, lənətləmək
Belarusian: пракліна́ць impf (praklinácʹ), пракля́сці pf (prakljásci), кля́сці impf (kljásci)
Bulgarian: прокли́нам (bg) impf (proklínam), прокълна́ pf (prokǎlná), кълна́ (bg) impf (kǎlná)
Catalan: maleir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詛咒／诅咒 (zh) (zǔzhòu)
Cornish: molethi
Czech: proklínat (cs) impf, proklít (cs) pf, klít (cs) impf
Danish: forbande (da), fordømme
Dutch: vervloeken (nl), beheksen (nl), verdoemen (nl)
Esperanto: malbeni
Finnish: kirota (fi)
French: maudire (fr)
Friulian: maledî, maludî
Galician: maldicir
Georgian: დაწყევლა (dac̣q̇evla)
German: (engl. swear) fluchen (de), verfluchen (de), verdammen (de)
Greek: αναθεματίζω (el) (anathematízo)
Ancient: καταράομαι (kataráomai), ὄνομαι (ónomai)
Hebrew: קילל (kilél)
Hindi: अभिशाप देना (abhiśāp denā)
Hungarian: átkoz (hu), megátkoz (hu)
Icelandic: bölva
Interlingua: maledicer
Italian: maledire (it)
Japanese: 呪う (ja) (のろう, norou)
Karachay-Balkar: къаргъаргъа (qarğarğa)
Kazakh: қарғау (qarğau), қарғап-сілеу (qarğap-sıleu), лағынеттеу (lağynetteu)
Korean: 저주(詛呪)하다 (jeojuhada), 저주(詛呪)를 내리다 (jeojureul naerida)
Kyrgyz: наалат чачуу (naalat cacuu), каргоо (kargoo), каргап-шилөө (kargap-şilöö)
Latin: exsecror, imprecor, dētestor
Macedonian: проко́лнува impf (prokólnuva), про́колне pf (prókolne)
Malayalam: ശപിക്കുക (ml) (śapikkuka)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хараал хийх (xaraal xiix)

Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯ
ᠬᠢᠬᠦ (qariyal kikü)
Ngazidja Comorian: ulaâni
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forbanne (no), fordømme (no)

Nynorsk: forbanne
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: клѧти impf (klęti)
Old English: wierġan
Old Irish: do·beir mallachta for
Old Norse: bǫlva
Oromo: abaaruu
Persian: لعنت کردن (la'nat kardan), نفرین کردن (fa) (nefrin kardan)
Polish: przeklinać (pl) impf, przekląć (pl) pf, bluzgać impf, bluznąć pf
Portuguese: amaldiçoar (pt)
Romanian: blestema (ro)
Russian: проклина́ть (ru) impf (proklinátʹ), прокля́сть (ru) pf (prokljástʹ), клясть (ru) impf (kljastʹ)
Sanskrit: शपति (sa) (śapati)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: про̀кле̄ти pf, у̀кле̄ти pf, кле̑тӣ impf

Roman: pròklēti (sh) pf, ùklēti (sh) pf, klȇtī (sh) impf
Sicilian: maldiri (scn), malidiri (scn), maridiri
Slovak: preklínať impf, prekliať pf, kliať impf
Slovene: preklinjati (sl) impf
Southern Altai: каргаар (kargaar)
Spanish: maldecir (es), imprecar (es), anatematizar (es)
Swahili: kulaani (sw)
Swedish: förbanna (sv), fördöma (sv)
Tajik: лаънат кардан (laʾnat kardan), нафрин кардан (nafrin kardan)
Tamil: சபி (ta) (capi)
Telugu: శపించు (te) (śapiñcu)
Thai: สาป (th) (sàap), แช่ง (th) (chɛ̂ng)
Turkish: lanetlemek (tr)
Ukrainian: проклина́ти impf (proklynáty), прокля́сти pf (prokljásty), кля́сти impf (kljásty)
Urdu: لعنت بھیجنا (la'nat bhejnā)
Uyghur: لەنەت ئوقۇماق (lenet oqumaq)
Uzbek: laʼnatlamoq (uz), laʼnat oʻqimoq
Vietnamese: nguyền rủa (vi), chửi rủa (vi)
Walloon: mådi (wa)
Welsh: melltithio (cy)
White Hmong: cem
Yiddish: שילטן (shiltn)
Zazaki: la'net kerden

to call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon

Arabic: لَعَنَ (ar) (laʕana)
Catalan: maleir (ca)
Dutch: vervloeken (nl)
Esperanto: malbeni
Finnish: kirota (fi)
French: maudire (fr)
German: fluchen (de) (+ dative), verfluchen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: καταράομαι (kataráomai), ὄνομαι (ónomai)
Interlingua: maledicer
Korean: 저주(詛呪)하다 (jeojuhada)
Latin: dētestor, imprecor, exsecror
Malayalam: ശപിക്കുക (ml) (śapikkuka), പിരാകുക (ml) (pirākuka)
Old English: wierġan
Plautdietsch: flieekjen
Portuguese: amaldiçoar (pt), rogar uma praga
Russian: наводи́ть по́рчу (ru) impf (navodítʹ pórču)
Spanish: imprecar (es), anatematizar (es)
Swahili: kulaani (sw)
Turkish: ilenmek (tr), beddua etmek (tr), kargımak (tr)
Welsh: melltithio (cy)
Zazaki: zewti daye

to utter a vulgar curse

Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: شَتَمَ m
Armenian: հայհոյել (hy) (hayhoyel), ուշունց տալ (ušuncʻ tal), քրֆել (hy) (kʻrfel) (colloquial)
Azerbaijani: söyüş söymək, yaman demək (dialectal)
Bulgarian: псу́вам (bg) impf (psúvam)
Czech: klít (cs), nadávat (cs)
Dutch: vloeken (nl)
Esperanto: blasfemi, sakri
Finnish: kirota (fi) (once), kiroilla (fi) (repeatedly)
Georgian: გინება (gineba)
German: fluchen (de)
Gothic: 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (idweitjan)
Greek: βρίζω (el) (vrízo)
Hebrew: קילל (kilél)
Hindi: कोसना (hi) (kosnā), गाली देना (gālī denā)
Icelandic: bölva
Ingrian: kerota, manata (once), keroella, manaella (repeatedly)
Interlingua: blasphemar
Istriot: bas'ciamà
Italian: imprecare (it), bestemmiare (it)
Konkani: सोव्चे (sovce)
Korean: 욕(辱)하다 (yokhada), 욕(辱)을 하다 (yogeul hada) 욕설(辱說)하다 (ko) (yokseolhada)
Latin: exsecror
Maori: kanga, kangakanga, kohukohu, oraora
Marathi: शिवी देणे (śivī deṇe)
Polish: przeklinać (pl)
Portuguese: praguejar (pt)
Romanian: înjura (ro)
Romansch: ingiurar, ingiurier, blastemar, blasfemar, blastmer, sgiavlar, diavlar
Russian: руга́ть (ru) impf (rugátʹ), обруга́ть (ru) pf (obrugátʹ), матери́ть (ru) impf (materítʹ), обматери́ть (ru) pf (obmaterítʹ) (colloquial)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: псо̀вати, опсо̀вати

Roman: psòvati (sh), opsòvati (sh)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: klěś impf
Spanish: maldecir (es)
Swedish: svära (sv)
Turkish: bela okumak (tr), küfretmek (tr), sövmek (tr)
Volapük: blasfämön (vo)
Welsh: rhegi (cy)
Zazaki: neng çinayen

to use offensive language

Arabic: شَتَمَ (šatama), سَبَّ (ar) (sabba)
Armenian: հայհոյել (hy) (hayhoyel)
Azerbaijani: söyüş söymək
Belarusian: ла́яцца impf (lájacca)
Bulgarian: руга́я (bg) impf (rugája), псу́вам (bg) impf (psúvam)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 講粗口／讲粗口 (gong² cou¹ hau²)

Mandarin: 罵人／骂人 (zh) (màrén), 咒罵／咒骂 (zh) (zhòumà)
Esperanto: blasfemi, sakri
Finnish: kiroilla (fi)
French: jurer (fr), gronder (fr)
Georgian: გინება (gineba)
German: schimpfen (de), fluchen (de)
Gothic: 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (idweitjan)
Greek: βρίζω (el) (vrízo)
Hindi: कोसना (hi) (kosnā), गाली देना (gālī denā)
Icelandic: blóta
Ingrian: keroella, manaella
Interlingua: blasphemar, objurgar
Japanese: 罵る (ja) (ののしる, nonoshiru), 悪態をつく (あくたいをつく, akutai o tsuku), 怒鳴る (ja) (どなる, donaru)
Korean: 욕하다 (ko) (yokhada), 욕을 하다 (yogeul hada) 욕설하다 (ko) (yokseolhada)
Macedonian: пцуе impf (pcue)
Malayalam: ശപിക്കുക (ml) (śapikkuka)
Marathi: शिव्या देणे (śivyā deṇe)
Persian: فحش دادن (fa) (fohš dâdan), دشنام دادن (došnâm dâdan)
Polish: (imperf) kląć (pl), (perf) zakląć (pl)
Portuguese: xingar (pt)
Romanian: înjura (ro)
Russian: руга́ться (ru) impf (rugátʹsja), матери́ться (ru) impf (materítʹsja), скверносло́вить (ru) impf (skvernoslóvitʹ)
Spanish: maldecir (es)
Swedish: svära (sv)
Tajik: дашном додан (dašnom dodan), ҳақорат кардан (tg) (haqorat kardan)
Thai: สบถ (th) (sà-bòt)
Turkish: bela okumak (tr), küfretmek (tr), sövmek (tr)
Tày: bjắc, bjắc bjoi
Ukrainian: ла́ятися impf (lájatysja), матюка́тися impf (matjukátysja)
Uzbek: soʻkinmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: nói tục (vi), văng tục (vi), nói bậy (vi), chửi tục (vi), chửi bậy, chửi thề (vi), chửi (vi)
Volapük: blasfämön (vo)
Welsh: rhegi (cy)

to bring great evil upon

Esperanto: malbeni
Finnish: kirota (fi)
Interlingua: maledicer
Korean: 저주(詛呪)를 내리다 (jeojureul naerida)
Turkish: lanetlemek (tr), kargımak (tr)

Anagrams

Cruse, Cures, Sucre, crues, cruse, cuers, cures, ecrus, sucre

Latin

Participle

curse

vocative masculine singular of cursus

Portuguese

Verb

curse

inflection of cursar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Noun

curse f pl

plural of cursă

Spanish

Verb

curse

inflection of cursar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative