<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.</li><li><strong>Synonyms:</strong> malediction, fulmination, execration, imprecation.</li><li><strong>Antonyms:</strong> benediction, blessing.</li><li>a formula or charm intended to cause such misfortune to another.</li><li>the act of reciting such a formula.</li><li>a profane oath; curse word.</li><li>an evil that has been invoked upon one.</li><li><strong>Synonyms:</strong> torment, affliction, plague, scourge, bane, trouble, calamity, misfortune.</li><li>the cause of evil, misfortune, or trouble.</li><li><strong>Synonyms:</strong> torment, affliction, plague, scourge, bane.</li><li>something accursed.</li><li><strong>Informal:</strong> usually the curse.</li><li>the menstrual period; menstruation.</li><li>an ecclesiastical censure or anathema.</li><li><strong>Synonyms:</strong> imprecation, malediction, fulmination, execration.</li><li><strong>Antonyms:</strong> benediction, blessing.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) cursed or curst, curs·ing: to wish or invoke evil, calamity, injury, or destruction upon.</li><li><strong>Antonyms:</strong> bless.</li><li>to swear at.</li><li>to blaspheme.</li><li>to afflict with great evil.</li><li><strong>Synonyms:</strong> doom, afflict, scourge, plague, to excommunicate.</li><li>(used without object) cursed or curst, curs·ing: to utter curses; swear profanely.</li></ul>