Converse of object

• mutter: The Prince, meanwhile, paced loudly up and down outside the door, muttering ancient Teutonic curses under his breath.

• pronounce: In fact, it pronounces a curse over us: " CONDEMNED TO DIE " .

• invoke: In the digital age it's much easier to invoke a curse, or to have one lifted.

• utter: Just before her death she uttered a curse against the people of Conway, and said they would always be poor.

• lift: He's going to lift the curse of sin.

• escape: At the time it had seemed a liberation, a chance to escape the heavy-bodied curse of the pill.

Adjective modifier

• terrible: The 1967 law was designed to meet rare and difficult circumstances, but has been a terrible curse.

• ancient: He would laugh at the thought of an ancient curse controlling his destiny.

• bitter: With a bitter curse, Crowbar stabbed out with his knife, determined to take somebody with him to hell.

• Chinese: Do you remember the old Chinese curse, ' May you live in interesting times ' ?

Modifies a noun

• strike: I played most, and for once the dreaded Oz curse didnt strike.

• routine: Routine and Argument Names Many curses routines have two or more versions.

Noun used with modifier

• voodoo: Her employers allegedly threaten her with voodoo curses to keep her under control.

Preposition: of

• dimensionality: It lead to the " curse of dimensionality " .

• Pharaoh: This is far more likely to strike you down than ` The Curse of the Pharaoh 's Tomb ' .

• sin: He's going to lift the curse of sin.

• law: Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.

Preposition: than

• blessing: We've all learned that the money in the heyday of the boom was more of a curse than a blessing.