• profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"
• an evil spell; "a witch put a Curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
• an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
• a severe affliction
• something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
• utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
• wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch Cursed the child"
• heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn''t get a high enough tip Cursed the passenger"
• exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"

'Curse' in other languages