A curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or an object.
verb. If you curse someone, you say insulting things to them because you are angry with them.
cuss out. [phrasal verb] cuss (someone) out or cuss out (someone) US, informal. : to say angry and offensive words to (someone) He cussed me out for crashing his pickup truck.
If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it. Bulman was cursed with a poor memory for names. adjective [usu v-link ADJ] Someone or something that is cursed is suffering as the result of a curse.
a : a strong feeling of romantic love for someone that is usually not expressed and does not last a long time. ◊ The person who has a crush is usually young or is behaving or feeling like a young person.
used to describe something that is annoying to you in an angry way: It's a cursed nuisance, having to work late every evening! See also.
He cursed himself for being so careless. She cursed her bad luck.
A curse (also called an imprecation, malediction, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or an object.
We will often use swear words "to vent some emotion", she says. "If you're angry or particularly happy, swearing is a catharsis. Swearing also centres on taboos. Around the world swear words will tend to cluster around certain topics: lavatorial matters, sex, religion."
verb (used with object), cursed or curst, curs·ing. to wish or invoke evil, calamity, injury, or destruction upon. to swear at.
Studies have shown that swearing relieves stress, dulls the sensation of pain, fosters camaraderie among peers and is linked with traits like verbal fluency, openness and honesty. And the effects of cursing are physical as well as mental.
Research into the hypoalgesic effect of swearing has shown that the use of profanity can help reduce the sensation of pain. This phenomenon is particularly strong in people who do not use such words on a regular basis.
There are three common curses: generational curse, cast curse and earned curse.
In extreme cases, belief in curses can undermine confidence in oneself and one's future success. Psychologists refer to this as a self-fulfilling prophecy. This is where belief in a curse produces the perception of inevitable misfortune. Indeed, the mere suggestion of bad luck can produce negative outcomes.
According to Malcolm, if someone is swearing at you directly in an aggressive way, you do not have to respond to them. Ignoring someone who is using profanity to insult, abuse or harass you is often the recommended first course of action.
Swearing is conventionally associated with the expression/release of negative emotions, such as anger and frustration; and as discussed in Section 2.2, a range of research studies also identify this function as a primary motivation for swearing.
Overall, following the "f-bomb" for the most common cuss words in America is the other name for poop, the wall that holds back water, and "h-e double hockey sticks."
: a calling for harm or injury to come to someone. : a word or an expression used in cursing or swearing. 3. : evil or misfortune that comes as if in answer to a curse.
Cursed Spirits ( 呪 じゅ 霊 れい , Jurei?), also referred to simply as Curses ( 呪 のろ い, Noroi?) are a race of spiritual beings manifested from cursed energy as a result of the negative emotions that flow out of humans. They bring harm to humanity and are consequently the primary targets of jujutsu sorcerers.
Cursed Techniques ( 呪 じゅ 術 じゅつ 式 しき , Jujutsushiki?), commonly shortened to simply Techniques ( 術 じゅつ 式 しき , Jutsushiki?), are a form of advanced jujutsu that grant the user specialized abilities.
Swearing and cursing are often used interchangeably, but there's a subtle difference in their origins. A curse implies damning or punishing someone, while a swear word suggests blasphemy — invoking a deity to empower your words.
It releases stress
As it turns out, there's some science behind why cursing when you're angry or frustrated makes you feel better. "Cursing can be an effective emotional release, especially for anger and frustration," explains Laura MacLeod, LMSW practicing in New York.
Swearing is the use of taboo language with the purpose of expressing the speaker's emotional state and communicating that information to listen- ers (see Jay 1992, 2000).
Vulgarity in all forms leads to anger, disrespect
Vulgarity according to the dictionary includes behavior that is boorish, obscene, offensive, coarse and debasing. This may or may not involve words designated as curses, but such behavior generally shows disrespect.