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curse

/kəːs/

US pronunciation
American sound/kəːs/
curse
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

US voice -> curse

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဆရေးစကား။ ဖရုသဝါစာ။ ကျိန်စာ။ ကျိန်ဆဲစကား။ ကံခေခြင်း၊ ဘေးသင့်ခြင်း၊ ပျက်စီးခြင်း စသည်၏ အကြောင်းခံ။ ဓမ္မတာလာခြင်း။ ရာသီ ပေါ်ခြင်း။ (v) ဆရေးတိုင်းထွာသည်။ ကျိန်သည်။ ကျိန်ဆဲသည်။ ကျိန်စာတိုက်သည်။

Full entry

curse /kɜ:s/ n

၁။ [C] ဆဲရေးစကား။ ဖရုသဝါစာ။ muttering obscene curses.
၂။ [sing] ကျိန်စာ။ ကျိန်ဆဲစကား။ The witch put a curse on him (ie used a curse against him). ❍ be under a curse (ie suffer as a result of a curse). Compare BLESSING ၁
၃။ [C] ကံခေခြင်း၊ ဘေးသင့်ခြင်း၊ ပျက်စီးခြင်း စသည်၏ အကြောင်းခံ။ the curse of poverty ❍ People who drive in the middle of the road are a curse!
၄။ the curse [sing] (infml euph ) ဓမ္မတာလာခြင်း။ ရာသီ ပေါ်ခြင်း။ I got the curse today.
v (က) ဆဲရေးတိုင်းထွာသည်။ to curse and swear ❍ He cursed his bad luck. ❍ I cursed her for spoiling my plans. ❍ I cursed myself for my stupidity.
(ခ) ကျိန်သည်။ ကျိန်ဆဲသည်။ ကျိန်စာတိုက်သည်။ The witch-doctor has cursed our cattle. Compare BLESS ၁
❏ be cursed with sth [PHRV ] ကျိန်စာမိသလို အမြဲ ဖြစ် နေသည်။ be cursed with ill health/ a violent temper/ bad luck.
❏ cursed /'kɜ:sÇd/ adj (infml ) မနှစ်မြို့စရာ။ This work is a cursed nuisance.

More examples
  • He looked at his watch, cursed, and ran for a taxi.
  • Joe will be cursing me when he finds out I’ve gone in without him.
  • I cursed myself for being such a fool.
Synonyms
nuisance, pest, blight, bother, irritation, annoyance, Cancer, afflict, affliction, anathema, ban, bane, be foul-mouthed, bedamn, blaspheme, blaspheming, blasphemy, blow, burden, calamity, commination, cross, cursing, cuss, cuss word, cussing, damn, damning, denunciation, dirty name, dirty word, disaster, double whammy, eff and blind, evil, evil eye, execrate, execration, expletive, flame, four-letter word, fulmination, hateful, hydra, imprecate, imprecation, jinx, magic, malediction, malison, misfortune, naughty words, no-no, oath, objuration, obloquy, obscenity, ordeal, pestilence, plague, profanation, profanity, sacrilege, scourge, setback, spell, swear, swear word, swearing, swearing remark, swearword, take name in vain, talk dirty, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, use bad language, utter profanity, vexation, vilification, voodoo, whammy
Antonyms
advantage, aid, beatify, benefit, bless, blessing, boon, comfort, compliment, consecrate, contentment, fortune, give thanks to, glorify, good fortune, good luck, hallow, happiness, help, invoke benefits, invoke happiness, lift up, lifted up, make holy, making holy, offer benediction, pay homage to, peace, piety, praise, pray for, pronounce holy, reverence, set apart, setting apart
Cross references
nuisancepestblightbotherirritationannoyanceCancerafflictafflictionanathemabanbanebe foul-mouthedbedamnblasphemeblasphemingblasphemyblowburdencalamitycomminationcrosscursingcusscuss wordcussingdamndamning
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