Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To place a curse upon (a person or object).

    fluchen, verfluchen, verdammen

    проклина́тьproklinátʹ, прокля́стьprokljástʹ, клястьkljastʹ

    проклина́тиproklynáty, прокля́стиprokljásty, кля́стиkljásty

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

    fluchen, verfluchen

    наводи́ть по́рчуnavodítʹ pórču

    wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

  3. (transitive)To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.

    fluchen

    руга́тьrugátʹ, обруга́тьobrugátʹ, матери́тьmaterítʹ

  4. (intransitive)To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.

    schimpfen, fluchen

    руга́тьсяrugátʹsja, матери́тьсяmaterítʹsja, скверносло́витьskvernoslóvitʹ

    ла́ятисяlájatysja, матюка́тисяmatjukátysja

  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.

Examples

296 sentences
  1. I don't believe in curses.

    Я не вірю у прокляття.

    ruЯ не верю в проклятия.

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  2. It's a curse.

    Це прокляття.

    ruЭто проклятие.

    deEs ist ein Fluch.

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  3. Why are you cursing?

    Чому ти лаєшся?

    deWarum fluchst du?

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  4. Tom cursed himself for his carelessness.

    ruТом проклял себя за беспечность.

    deTom verfluchte sich für seine Nachlässigkeit.

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  5. She cursed him for causing the accident.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to place a curse upon:
to use offensive language:
Русский
By meaning 4
to place a curse upon:
to call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon:
to utter a vulgar curse:
to use offensive language:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to place a curse upon:
to use offensive language:

Origin

From Middle English cursen, corsen, coursen, from Old English corsian, cursian (“to curse”

From Middle English cursen, corsen, coursen, from Old English corsian, cursian (“to curse”), from the noun (see above).

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Forms

curses, cursing, cursed, cursed
Base formcurse · to curse
3rd person singularcurses
Present participlecursing
Past simplecursed
Past participlecursed

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycurse
he, she, itcurses

Past simpleLesson

all personscursed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cursed
he, she, ithas cursed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill curse

Synonyms

32 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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