curse

/kɜːrs/

意味: 呪い、悪態

例文: Fluffin sneezed, and the cookie curse returned.
　　  フラッフィンがくしゃみすると、クッキーの呪いが戻った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: curse word(呪いの言葉), curse someone(誰かを呪う), break a curse(呪いを解く)

定義: 呪い、悪いことが起こるように願うこと、または悪い言葉を使うこと。

curseは約90,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
Noun: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
Noun: an evil spell
Noun: something causing misery or death
Noun: a severe affliction
Verb: utter obscenities or profanities
Verb: heap obscenities upon
Verb: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Verb: exclude from a church or a religious community

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The old witch placed a curse on the village.(その古い魔女は村に呪いをかけた。)
He believes the curse brought him bad luck.(彼は呪いが不運をもたらしたと信じている。)
Breaking the curse required a special ritual.(呪いを解くには特別な儀式が必要だった。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: expletives were deleted
Noun: a witch put a curse on his whole family
Noun: he put the whammy on me
Noun: the bane of my life
Verb: The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
Verb: The taxi driver who felt he didn’t get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
Verb: The bad witch cursed the child
Verb: The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): anathemise, anathemize, bane, bedamn, beshrew, blaspheme, condemnation, curse, curse word, cuss, damn, excommunicate, execration, expletive, hex, imprecate, jinx, maledict, nemesis, oath, scourge, swear, swearing, swearword, torment, unchurch, whammy

Antonyms(反意語): bless, communicate

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): abuse, affliction, denunciation, exclude, express, profanity, raise, spell

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): attack, bane, blasphemy, bless, breathe, calvary, clamor, curse, damnation, drop, exclaim, excommunicate, excoriation, execration, fulmination, get off, hex, hurl, incantation, lock out, marvel, obscenity, ostracize, platitudinize, pooh-pooh, pour out, raise, represent, say, slang, state, tirade, trial, vilify, vociferate, voice, wish

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): anathema, imprecation

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: curse, cuss, damnation, damnatory, excommunication, execrate, hex, imprecation, jinx, malediction, scourge, swear, swearer, swearing

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anger, disgust, fear, negative, sadness