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"CURSES" is a plural of: curse. |
Date "CURSES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Curses A set of subroutines in Unix for handling navigation on a terminal screen using the cursor. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Literature | Curses Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. Curses fall on the head of the curser, as chickens which stray during the day return to their roost at night. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Malediction | Verb: curse, accurse, imprecate, damn, swear at; curse with bell book and candle; invoke curses on the head of, call down curses on the head of; devote to destruction. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CURSES |
| English words defined with "CURSES": Curser ♦ profanely ♦ To call down. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CURSES": curseperl ♦ Water of Jealousy. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Uh, these ten curses, would they follow any particular order? (The Abominable Dr. Phibes; writing credit: James Whiton; William Goldstein) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Love and Curses (1938) Curses! Jack Dalton (1915) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning | But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath! |
St. Basil | Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows that it brings abundance to drive away hunger. |
Terence | Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | My hair doth stand an end to hear her curses. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I got down into the canoe, while the Dutchman standing upon the deck, loaded me with all the curses and injurious terms his language could afford. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Worker Rights | Australia | Fieldwork in specific Southeast Asian states is to begin in 2002. Through AUSAID the country also has sponsored training curses for travel agents and others to help prevent child sex tourism. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CURSES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 87.39% of the time. "CURSES" is used about 119 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 87.39% | 104 | 31,955 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 10.92% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.68% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 119 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "CURSES": call down curses on smb.'s head ♦ call down curses on the head of ♦ hail down curses on smb. ♦ hurl curses ♦ utter curses. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
black curses,spells,and magic | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CURSES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملعون تماما (utter curses), نقض (break, countermand, dart, descend, disallow, hurl curses, negative, precipitate, rebuttal, recantation, repeal, rescind, storm, swoop, veto). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 诅'' (Anathema, Anathemas, Bane, Curse, Cursed, Cursing, Damn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | proklínat koho (call down curses on smb.'s head). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | faire pleuvoir des malédictions sur qn (hail down curses on smb.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Flüche (maledictions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"מטיר קלללות (hurl curses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megátkoz vkit (to call down curses to sy, to imprecate curses on sy, to imprecate curses upon sy), elátkoz vkit (to imprecate curses on sy, to imprecate curses upon sy, to put a whammy on sy), átkokat szór vkire (to imprecate curses on sy, to imprecate curses upon sy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 주 (Curse, Cursing, Damn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ursescay проклятия (muffled curses), произнесенные сквозь зубы (muffled curses). (various references) lanzar insultos (hurl curses). (various references) küfür savurmak (hurl abuse at smb., hurl curses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eulogeite touV diwkontaV umaV eulogeite kai mh katarasqe |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Benedicite persequentibus benedicite et nolite maledicere |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Gebletsie þa þe eower ehtað; bletsie ac ne fordeme. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Blesse ye men that pursuen you; blesse ye, and nyle ye curse; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Blesse the which persecute you: blesse but course not. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Bless them who persecute you; bless, and curse not. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you. |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Panghinauti ninyo ang mga nagalutos kaninyo; panghinauti ug ayaw ninyo sila pagpanghimarauta. |
| Chinese | 逼 迫 們 的 、 要 給 他 們 祝 福 ． 只 要 祝 福 、 不 可 '' 詛 。 |
| Croatian | Blagoslivljajte svoje progonitelje, blagoslivljajte, a ne proklinjite! |
| Danish | Velsigner dem, som forfølge eder, velsigner og forbander ikke! |
| Dutch | Zegent hen, die u vervolgen; zegent en vervloekt niet. |
| Finnish | Siunatkaa vainoojianne, siunatkaa, älkääkä kirotko. |
| French | Bénissez ceux qui vous persécutent, bénissez et ne maudissez pas. |
| German | Segnet, die euch verfolgen; segnet und fluchet nicht. |
| Haitian Creole | Mande Bondye pou l' beni moun k'ap pèsekite nou; mande benediksyon, pa mande madichon pou yo. |
| Hungarian | Áldjátok azokat, a kik titeket kergetnek; áldjátok és ne átkozzátok. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mintalah kepada Allah supaya Ia memberkati orang-orang yang kejam terhadapmu. Ya, minta Allah memberkati mereka, jangan mengutuk. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Pintakanlah berkat bagi orang yang menganiaya kamu; pintakanlah berkat dan jangan melaknatkan orang. |
| Italian | Benedite coloro che vi perseguitano, benedite e non maledite. |
| Latvian | Svçtiet tos, kas jûs vajâ, svçtiet, bet nelâdiet! |
| Maori | Manaakitia te hunga e tukino ana i a koutou: manaakitia, kaua e kanga. |
| Norwegian | Velsign dem som forfølger eder; velsign, og forbann ikke! |
| Portuguese | abençoai aos que vos perseguem; abençoai, e não amaldiçoeis; |
| Rumanian | Binecuvkntayi pe cei ce vq prigonesc: binecuvkntayi wi nu blestemayi. |
| Shuar | Yajauch awajtamainia nu shiir awajsatarum. Yus yajauch yumintsuk nu shuaran pénker Túrawarat tusarum seattiarum. |
| Spanish | Bendecid a los que os persiguen; bendecid y no maldigáis. |
| Swahili | Watakieni baraka wote wanaowadhulumu ninyi; naam, watakieni baraka na wala msiwalaani. |
| Swedish | Välsignen dem som förfölja eder; välsignen, och förbannen icke. |
| Uma | Ane ria tauna to mpobalinai' -koi, merapi' -koi hi Alata'ala bona nagane' -ra. Gane' -ra, neo' nitipo' -ra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "CURSES": becurses, outcurses. (additional references) | |
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"CURSES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: corsas, corses, Crusoes, cruzes, Cuesmes, cursew, curstest, cursus, Curtess, Cutress. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CURSES" (pronounced ker"suz) |
| 4 | -er" s u z | intersperses, nurses, perses, purses, rehearses, reimburses, reverses, verses, versus. |
| 3 | -s u z | absences, abuses, acceptances, accomplices, aces, acquaintances, actresses, addresses, advances, affixes, albatrosses, aliases, allegiances, alliances, allowances, amaryllises, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, apparatuses, appearances, appendixes, appliances, apprentices, asses, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, axes, balances, bases, basses, biases, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bonuses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, businesses, Busses, buttresses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, Casas, cases, caucuses, cayuses, ceases, censuses, chances, chases, choices, choruses, circumstances, circuses, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, congresses, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crevices, crocuses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, devices, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embarrasses, embraces, eminences, encompasses, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, eyewitnesses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fences, fetuses, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, focuses, forces, fortresses, foxes, fragrances, furnaces, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, geniuses, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, goddesses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grimaces, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, harnesses, headdresses, hindrances, hippopotamuses, hisses, hoaxes, horses, hospices, hostesses, houses, hyraxes, ices, illnesses, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, injustices, instances, insurances, interfaces, introduces, invoices, irises, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, justices, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, likenesses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, mattresses, medusas, messes, minibuses, minuses, misses, missus, mistresses, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, necklaces, nieces, nixes, notices, novices, nuances, observances, occurrences, offenses, offices, omnibuses, ordinances, orifices, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, palaces, paradoxes, passes, penises, performances, perplexes, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, porpoises, possesses, poultices, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, prejudices, premises, presences, presses, pretenses, prices, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, promises, pronounces, prospectuses, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purchases, purposes, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, refocuses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, repurchases, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, retroviruses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, seamstresses, senses, sentences, sequences, services, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sinuses, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stewardesses, stresses, substances, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surfaces, surpasses, surpluses, surtaxes, taxes, terraces, tolerances, tortoises, tosses, townhouses, traces, treatises, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, vices, viruses, voices, waitresses, walruses, waltzes, waxes, weaknesses, witnesses, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cruses, cusser, sucres. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: cress, cruse, cures, curse, ecrus, ruses, sucre, suers, users. | |
-2 letters: cess, crus, cues, cure, curs, cuss, ecru, ecus, recs, rues, ruse, secs, sers, suer, sues, sure, user, uses. | |
-3 letters: cue, cur, ecu, ers, ess, rec, res, rue, sec, ser, sue, use. | |
-4 letters: er, es, re, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-r-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: arcuses, causers, ceruses, cesuras, courses, cruises, crusets, crushes, cursers, cussers, percuss, recuses, rescues, saucers, secures, sources, spruces, suckers, sucrase, sucrose. | |
+2 letters: accusers, becrusts, becurses, bescours, caesuras, carouses, censures, cereuses, chasseur, choruses, chousers, circuses, citruses, closures, clusters, cornuses, corpuses, coursers, crocuses, cruisers, crusades, crushers, crustose, cureless, cursives, curtness, curtseys, curtsies, cypruses, encrusts, excursus, excusers, focusers, obscures, recluses, recusals, rescuers, rictuses, ruckuses, scaupers, schusser, scissure, sclerous, scourers, scourges, scouters, screwups, scrouges, scruples, sculkers, scullers, scummers, scunners, scuppers, scurries, scurvies, scutters, seculars, securers, securest, seducers, shuckers, sprucest, subraces, sucklers, sucrases, sucroses, surcease, surfaces, unscrews. | |
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