curse

Naija

Etymology

From English: curse

Pronunciation

• kɔ́s

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Noun

• Someting bad wey dey happen to person.

• Na curse dey follow am.  — ( Egbokhare_2020, He/she has been cursed.)
• Dem be people wey curse dey for their head.  — (jw__29361, The crowd are accursed.)

• Talk wey person talk, sey bad ting go follo person.

• Na that time e remove the curse.  — (jw__17210, It was at that time he removed the curse.)
• Chief priest sey make people go wash di curse wey dey deir head for river .  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, The people were instructed to go to the river to wash off the curse from their heads.)

Synonyms

• swear

Antonyms

• bless

Translations

• English: curse,

Verb

Transitive

• Make person talk bad bad someting about person.

• Why you dey curse your senior brother?  — (Egbokhare_2020, Why are you insulting your elder brother?)
• Nwoye mama curse am, then sidon again begin peel the yam go.  — (katakata__1130, Nwoye's mother insulted him, then sat down again and continued to peel her yam.)

• Make dey talk sey bad ting go follo person.

• One old mama don curse dat boy.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, An old woman cursed the boy.)

Intransitive

• Sey someting na bad ting.

• Disability no be curse  — (bbc__43027, My disability is not an affliction.)

Synonyms

• insult

Antonyms

• bless

Translations

• English: insult, curse