Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“curseth” is a form of

curse

UK /kɜːs/ · US /kɝs/ noun, verb

Forms curses cursing cursed curst

  1. noun A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
  2. noun A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
  3. noun The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
  4. noun A vulgar epithet.
  5. noun (slang, dated, derogatory, usually with "the") A woman's menses.
  6. verb (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
  7. verb To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
  8. verb (transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
  9. verb (intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
  10. verb To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

Synonyms

ban hex jinx malediction anathema affliction plague cussword expletive bad word curse word cuss dirty word foul word four-letter word oath obscenity profanity swear vulgarity swearing swearword execration condemnation whammy bane scourge nemesis torment blaspheme

Antonyms

bless

Etymology

From Middle English curse, kors, cors, curs, from Old English cors, curs (“curse”), of unknown origin.

From Middle English cursen, corsen, coursen, from Old English corsian, cursian (“to curse”), from the noun (see above).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
  2. verb To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
  3. verb To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
  4. noun An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction.

Etymology [AS. cursian, corsian, perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross, all these Scand. words coming fr. OF. crois, croiz, fr. L. crux cross. Cf. Cross.]

Etymology [AS. curs. See Curse, v. t.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “curse”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

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