curse
noun
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profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or angeroath
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an evil spell“We like to joke that some wicked spirit must have put a curse on this kitchen; the oven never works right!”hex
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an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some groupcondemnation
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a severe afflictiontorment
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something causing misery or deathscourge
verb
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to utter obscenities or profanities“After hitting my thumb, I could not help cursing.”cussswearimprecateblaspheme
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to wish harm upondamn
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to heap obscenities upon“The taxi driver cursed the rude passenger.”
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to exclude from a church or a religious communityexcommunicateunchurch