English-Danish translations for curse

forbandelseI mad og vand er det en forbandelse. In food and water it is a curse. Terrorisme er vor tids forbandelse. Terrorism is the curse of our age. De er ikke en bibelsk forbandelse, som skal ramme os. No Biblical curse is about to befall us.
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forbandeMan må kunne gøre andet end at forbande hinanden eller forblive passive modstandere af fremskridtet. We must be able to do something other than curse or remain transfixed in immobility. Måske vil vore børn og børnebørn om nogle år med rette »forbande« os. Perhaps our children and grandchildren will have every right to curse us in the future. Men jeg vil gerne have lov til at citere, at »det er bedre at tænde et lys end at forbande mørket«. But I would like to quote that 'it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness' .

A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment
A vulgar epithet
A woman's menses
To place a curse upon (a person or object
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate
To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet
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

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