CURSE


Meaning of CURSE in English

I.

noun

1 word used for expressing anger

ADJECTIVE

▪ muffled

▪ loud

VERB + CURSE

▪ mutter

▪ let out , utter

▪ hear

CURSE + NOUN

▪ word ( AmE )

2 wish that sth terrible will happen to sb

ADJECTIVE

▪ ancient

▪ evil , terrible

▪ family

VERB + CURSE

▪ utter

▪ place , put

▪ break , lift , remove

PREPOSITION

▪ under a ~

She thought that she must be under a ~.

▪ ~ on , ~ upon

The witch is supposed to have put a ~ on the house.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ roundly

▪ loudly

▪ aloud

▪ quietly , softly , under your breath

He ~d under his breath as the hammer slipped.

▪ inwardly , mentally , silently

▪ angrily

PREPOSITION

▪ for

I ~d her roundly for being late.

PHRASES

▪ ~ and swear ( BrE )

▪ ~ and shout, yell, scream, etc.

She was cursing and screaming at me just because I was late.

▪ ~ the day

He was now cursing the day he ever got involved.

▪ ~ your luck

She ~d her luck that she had had to wait for so long.

Curse is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ fate , ↑ stupidity

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .