n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: cursed ; curs · ing
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
1 : to use profanely insolent language against : BLASPHEME < curse God and die ― Job 2:9(REB)>
2 a : to call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon <was cursed and fears he will die> b : to execrate in fervent and often profane terms < cursed by future generations unless we act now>
3 : to bring great evil upon : AFFLICT <a land cursed with famine>
intransitive verb : to utter imprecations : SWEAR < cursing loudly>