curse

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kɜːs/

Noun

dated derogatory slang usually with-definite-article

A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane. / A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.

Japanese Meaning

呪い：超自然的な害や障害、災いをもたらすもの。 / 呪詛：他者に害が生じるように祈念・呪文を唱える行為

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The old manor lay under a curse that kept villagers at a distance.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古びた屋敷は村人たちを寄せつけない呪いにとらわれていた。

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Sense（1）

A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.

Sense（2）

A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.

Sense（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[…]

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Sense（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.

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Sense（5）

(slang, dated, derogatory, usually with "the") A woman's menses.

curses

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