CURSING Synonyms: 166 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in swearing

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verb

present participle of curse

as in condemning

to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want

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as in plaguing

to cause persistent suffering to misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house

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as in cussing

to use offensive or indecent language you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse

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as in blaming

to use profane or obscene language at or about cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time

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Noun

Hoodoo was not only considered a means of assisting people; it has also been associated with hexing or cursing and, in the 18th and 19th centuries, with poisoning. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 Danhausen transcended into the mainstream zeitgeist after cursing and un-cursing the New York Knicks en route to the team winning the NBA Championship after a 52-year drought. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 In about seven minutes, with pushing, shoving, and cursing, the agents cleared a path for the van. — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 People would literally be in the drive-thru cursing at me. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026 According to Queen Camilla’s son Tom Parker Bowles, his mother had to cut back on a certain bad habit after marrying King Charles—cursing. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 4 June 2026 Recently, a man on her bus started getting loud and cursing. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026 And then an ignominious end to her Indian Wells title defense, which saw her cursing at the crowd after a tense, tetchy loss to Kateřina Siniaková in her second match. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 2 June 2026 To her daughter, 8-year-old Hazel (Nola Wallace), Paula is the fun parent, a mom who encourages ice cream for dinner, embraces cursing, enthusiastically participates in TikTok dances, and even coaches her daughter’s youth soccer team. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2026

Verb

Video that the teen lobster diver's family shared with ABC Miami affiliate WSVN allegedly shows Simpson swimming away from the third lung and back to the Contender vessel as people on Del Sol's boat began yelling and cursing at him. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 Obumseli chronicled their arguments in a series of recordings, which caught Clenney angrily screaming, berating and cursing him out using racist slurs. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 Medusa is raped by Poseidon, but because Poseidon raped her in Athena’s temple, Athena takes it as an affront and blames Medusa, cursing her by turning her hair into snakes. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 27 July 2026 Danhausen transcended into the mainstream zeitgeist after cursing and un-cursing the New York Knicks en route to the team winning the NBA Championship after a 52-year drought. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Trump is twice divorced, relishes cursing publicly and offers a never-ending onslaught of falsehoods. — Will Weissert, Fortune, 18 July 2026 Iraq, Canada, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Qatar, Saudi Arabia After accidentally cursing President Saddam Hussein on stage, theater actor Salem convinces a military court of his insanity to escape a death sentence. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 July 2026 The woman started cursing her out. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026 Throughout our conversation, Rosenbaum frequently cited examples in which obvious AI errors left him enraged and literally cursing at the machine. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026

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Noun

His swearing-in, scheduled for January 14, 2024, was delayed for hours amid disputes in Congress over the seating of legislators and the status of Semilla.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Katseye doesn’t seem to get in as much trouble as K-pop idols have in the past for swearing; a patina of unruliness has endeared the group to its followers.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of swearing

Verb

Public monuments condemning slavery have been removed, and Confederate names have been restored to Army bases.

— Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
But the dispute quickly escalated into a reputational crisis for the biennale, with artists from Taiwan and China condemning the name change as a betrayal of its founding ideals.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of condemning

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And in contrast to most brands, Essence Cosmetics and Catrice revealed at the beginning of this year that despite the tariffs plaguing all industries, the company would not be raising prices.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
This is a snapshot of the current WNBA experience—unprecedented growth and great basketball at risk of being swallowed up by the same culture wars plaguing the broader political landscape.

— Jemele Hill, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of plaguing

Verb

But did anyone not see Seattle Storm owner Celeste Keaton cussing at kids?

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, a local store director of Nordstrom, Marco Esquivel, was caught berating and cussing at the girls, their mothers and fellow Cunningham supporters.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto/Getty Protesters shouted slogans denouncing the police and government over alleged delays in taking action to find the missing girl, and then to find the perpetrators.

— Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Many actors have opened up about their experiences with Botox, with some denouncing the injectable.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of denouncing

Verb

Biden weaponized Law Enforcement against his political opponent, while also persecuting many other innocent people.

— New York Times, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Jack Hayford, the founder of the King’s University, in Texas, claimed that the film was persecuting Christians, who only wanted to be treated equally.

— Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026

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