| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A cause of suffering or harm: affliction, bane, evil, ill, plague, scourge, woe. See HELP. 2. A denunciation invoking a wish or threat of evil or injury: anathema, damnation, execration, imprecation, malediction. Archaic : malison. See WORDS. 3. Something or someone believed to bring bad luck: hex, hoodoo. Informal : jinx. See LUCK. 4. A profane or obscene term: blasphemy, epithet, expletive, oath, swearword. Informal : cuss. See DECENT, SACRED, WORDS. | | VERB: | 1. To bring great harm or suffering to: afflict, agonize, anguish, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, strike, torment, torture. See ATTACK, HELP. 2. To invoke evil or injury upon: anathematize, damn, imprecate. Informal : cuss. Archaic : execrate, maledict. See WORDS. 3. To bring bad luck or evil to: hex, hoodoo. Informal : jinx. See LUCK. 4. To use profane or obscene language: blaspheme, damn, swear. Informal : cuss. See DECENT, SACRED, WORDS.
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