(~s, cursing, ~d)
1.
If you ~, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something. (WRITTEN)
I ~d and hobbled to my feet.
= swear
VERB: V
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Curse is also a noun.
He shot her an angry look and a ~.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ someone, you say insulting things to them because you are angry with them.
Grandma protested, but he ~d her and rudely pushed her aside...
He ~d himself for having been so careless.
VERB: V n, V pron-refl
3.
If you ~ something, you complain angrily about it, especially using rude language.
So we set off again, cursing the delay, towards the west...
VERB: V n
4.
If you say that there is a ~ on someone, you mean that there seems to be a supernatural power causing unpleasant things to happen to them.
Maybe there is a ~ on my family...
N-COUNT: oft N on/upon n
5.
You can refer to something that causes a great deal of trouble or harm as a ~.
Apathy is the long-standing ~ of British local democracy...
= plague
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n