English Dictionary

curse

IPA（発音記号）

/kɜːs/

名詞

古風 軽蔑的 俗語 通常 定冠詞付き

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

日本語の意味

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

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

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。

意味（1）

A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.

意味（2）

A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.

意味（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[…]

意味（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.

意味（5）

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

curses （ plural ）