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( ; ); And on all the men of Vaiau imprecate instant death; —
Ballads;
• (comminate)- curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with
divine punishment;
• (beshrew)- to curse; invoke evil upon; In deed and truth beshrew the
Beldam Life — The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr.;
• wish harm upon; invoke evil upon;
• (anathemize)- to pronounce an anathema against; denounce; curse; One
effect of the war has been to anathematize the name of Germany. — Paris
War Days Diary of an American;
• (maledict)- to put a curse on, ( ); When the son disclosed the
object of his visit, he was treated as a madman and threatened
with malediction. — Diderot and the Encyclopaedists;
• (accurse)- curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine
punishment; Yet none but souls accursed were there, and fiends
counterfeiting the likeness of departed saints. — Sketches and Studies;
• (curse)- to use profanity; curse; swear, ( );
• to criticize or reprimand in harsh terms; First he cussed, then he calmed. —
The Belted Seas;
• ( ) a cuss old man;
• (bane)- a person or thing that ruins or spoils; Illustrious Italians, from Dante
downwards, denounced the love of power and money of the Church as
the bane of Italy. — Cavour;
• (nemesis)- something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.,
( ; ; ; ); At last, towards
dawn, he rose and, unable even to bring himself to speak to Justine,
confronted his nemesis, the padded pole. — The White Ninja;
• (scourge)- a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture;
The spectators blocked his way and he used his avern like a scourge, striking
to right and left. — The Shadow of the Torturer;
• a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism;
The Anti-Corruption Agency's redoubled efforts to clean up the scourge is
also revealing its extent, in a double-edged sword for the administration;
cuss = cussword = curse word = swearword = swearing = expletive
• (cuss)- to use profanity; curse; swear, ( );
• to criticize or reprimand in harsh terms; First he cussed, then he calmed. —
The Belted Seas;
• ( ) a cuss old man;