CURSING Synonyms: 166 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in swearing

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cursing

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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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Recent Examples of cursing

Noun

Seeman was caught on camera cursing at McBride during the Cardinals’ loss at the New York Giants. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 Paxton had argued that the law-school clinic was not a classroom but a workplace, and that Fisher was punished not for expressing political views but because her cursing and volume had disrupted clinic business. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 The cursing is definitely a big part of being that age, and especially misplaced cursing is funny — kids who don’t exactly know how to curse correctly. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 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 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 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

Verb

In New York, the son of the league's former supervisor of officials was captured on television apparently cursing at Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Some of us would like to spend less time cursing sun damage, some of us have been honing a gentle routine for managing acne for years, and some of us want to smooth without exacerbating rosacea or eczema. — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026 Critics are cursing Practical Magic 2, the legasequel of the 1998 cult film. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026 Although the dialogue was mostly the same, Hunt accuses Stanich of slapping a bracelet out of her hand, cursing her out and being more aggressive. — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2026 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cursing

Noun

Class is in session for Prince Harry, and swearing is allowed.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Mableton resident Monica Delancy attended Allen's swearing-in ceremony Tuesday evening.

— Emily McLeod, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of swearing

Verb

The brazen, unmasked calls to erase Israel triggered fierce bipartisan backlash from lawmakers condemning the rising wave of open extremism.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Reddit users have been posting about the problem, and condemning Sega and the game’s developer, Creative Assembly.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of condemning

Verb

Footage of the protest has since gone viral across social media, igniting widespread awareness for one of the trans athlete incidents currently plaguing Washington state.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
That's when many of issues plaguing the stock started to turn around.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 14 Oct. 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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Verb

No commercial goods have entered the Gaza Strip for two days, Israeli authorities said Thursday, blaming the suspension on merchants angered by taxes imposed by the militant group Hamas — a claim that Palestinian importers deny.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Guillard would go on to upload hundreds of videos blaming the professor, raking in millions of views.

— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of blaming

Noun

The teenagers alleged that Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton confronted them and used profanity.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
But much like the way studios and directors of the 1960s and ’70s embraced the once-taboo profanity and nudity, this year AI has found a new wave of advocates eager to go public.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of profanity

Verb

If the main predictor of racial disparities in prison is poverty, then denouncing police and prosecutors as racist won't shrink those gaps.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Before entering politics, Correa published papers denouncing dollarization and sketched a plan to unwind it.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 13 Oct. 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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