cursenoun詞源 1/kɜːs/

• 1

  A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.

  • If ye will not heare, and if yee will not lay it to heart, to giue glory vnto my name, saith the Lord of hostes; I will euen send a curse vpon you, and will curse your blessings: yea, I haue cursed them already, because yee doe not lay it to heart.
  • Oh Portius, is there not some choſen Curſe, Some hidden Thunder in the Stores of Heav’n, Red with uncommon Wrath, to blaſt the Man Who owes his Greatneſs to his Country’s Ruin?
• 2

  A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.

• 3

  The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.

  • The common curſe of mankinde, Folly and Ignorance[…]
• 4

  A vulgar epithet.

  • Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
• 5

  derogatorydatedslangA woman's menses.

curseverb詞源 2/kɜːs/

• 1

  To place a curse upon (a person or object).

  • And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
  • Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
• 2

  To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

  • Thou ſhalt not[…]curſe the ruler of thy people.
• 3

  To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.

• 4

  To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.

  • Then beganne hee to curſe and to ſweare[…]
  • […]his Spirits heare me, / And yet I needes muſt curſe.
• 5

  To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

  • On Impious Realms, and barb’rous Kings, impoſe / Thy Plagues, and curſe 'em with ſuch Sons as thoſe.