Chapter Crotchet to Czarowitz of C by Soule's Synonymes

Curse, v. n. Utter curses.

Curse, n.

1. Malediction, anathema, execration, imprecation, fulmination, denunciation, ban.

2. Scourge, plague, torment, affliction, trouble, vexation, annoyance, bitter pill, thorn in the side.

3. Sentence, condemnation, condemning sentence, ban, penalty.

Cursed, a.

1. Accursed, blighted, banned, curseladen.

2. Detestable, hateful, abominable, execrable, villanous.

3. Scourging, plaguing, tormenting, annoying, troublesome, vexatious, confounded (colloq.), plaguy (colloq.).

Cursory, a. Hasty, slight, superficial, careless, desultory, transient, passing, brief.

Curt, a.

1. Short, brief, concise, terse, laconic.

2. Short and dry, crusty, snappish, short and rude, tart.

Curtail, v. a.

1. Shorten, abridge, retrench, lop, cut short.

2. Diminish, lessen, decrease.

Curtailment, n. Abbreviation, abridgment, contraction, shortening, reduction, retrenchment, cutting off or down.

Curvature, n.

1. Bending, bend, flexure, crook, curvity, curve, incurvation, arcuation.

2. Rate of curvature or inflection.

Curve, n. Bend. See curvature, 1.

Curve, v. a. and v. n. Bend, crook, inflect, turn, wind.