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Definition of Curses
1. Interjection. (UK dated or humorous in US)(non-gloss definition Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.) ¹
2. Noun. (plural of curse) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of curse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Curses
1. curse [v] - See also: curse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curses
Literary usage of Curses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"In every conviction for swearing and cursing, the oaths CH. 221. and curses must
be stated. The conviction stated the deft. ..."
2. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1878)
"... curses, and foul epithets in French, German and English, until he fairly
frothed at the mouth. There were 'HE SHRIEKED IMPRECATIONS AND curses. ..."
3. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"Conviction for swearing one hundred oaths, viz. by G—d, and a hundred curses, viz.
G—d d—n you, is good, without repeating them a hundred times. Ld. Raym! ..."
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