· utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"

Synonym(s): cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate

Hypernym(s): express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give_tongue_to

· heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"

Hypernym(s): abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout

· wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"

Synonym(s): beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict

Hypernym(s): raise, conjure, conjure_up, invoke, evoke, stir, call_down, arouse, bring_up, put_forward, call_forth

Antonym(s): bless

· exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"

Synonym(s): excommunicate, unchurch

Hypernym(s): exclude, keep_out, shut_out, shut

· deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"

Synonym(s): cursed