DictionaryAI

cursing

SayKUR-sing/ˈkɝsɪŋ/UK/ˈkɜːsɪŋ/

2 meanings of cursing

Practice

  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of curse. Use it after words like is or was, or to name the action.

    He was cursing loudly after he hit his thumb with the hammer.

    In the story, an angry witch is cursing the whole village.

    Note
  2. 2
    noununcountable
    The act of saying bad words, or of wishing harm on someone.

    The cursing from the next apartment woke the baby.

    There was a lot of cursing in the stands after the referee's call.

    Similarswearing, profanity, cussing

    Oppositeblessing

    Note

cursing is a form of curse

curse, verb: To say bad words that may upset or offend people. Full entry

Forms
cursecurses he/she/itcursing -ing formcursed past tense, past participle
Spelling
curse → cursing: drop the e, add -ing

Use it in a sentence

Write your own sentence with cursing, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.

Origins

Meaning 1

It is curse with -ing added.

Meaning 2

It goes back to Old English cursung; it is curse with -ing added.