"cursing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɝsɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈkɜːsɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-cursing.ogg [US] Forms: cursings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English cursing, cursyng, cursunge, from Old English cursung (“cursing”), equivalent to curse + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cursing}} Middle English cursing, {{m|enm|cursyng}} cursyng, {{m|enm|cursunge}} cursunge, {{inh|en|ang|cursung|t=cursing}} Old English cursung (“cursing”), {{suffix|en|curse|ing}} curse + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} cursing (plural cursings)
  1. The act of one who curses. Translations (act of one who curse): banderi [neuter] (Danish), శపించుట (śapiñcuṭa) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-cursing-en-noun-A~-18LPP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɝsɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈkɜːsɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-cursing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪŋ Etymology: From curse + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|curse|ing}} curse + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cursing
  1. present participle and gerund of curse Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: curse
    Sense id: en-cursing-en-verb-B7qxxL9N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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