curse
/kɝs/ noun A2- A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
- A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
- The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
- A vulgar epithet.
- A woman's menses.
Plural curses
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Here I rallied, and had already improved so far as to be able to walk about the wards, and even to bask a little upon the verandah, when I was struck down by enteric fever, that curse of our Indian possessions.
Holmes tore it open, and then with a bitter curse hurled it into the grate.
All these trees, great or small, were turned in the direction to which the Mistral blows, one of the three curses of Provence, the others being the Durance and the Parliament.
‘He sent it to me in that state, with his curse, upon my wedding morning.’
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