The Clue
A mummy may have one (5 letter answer)
The Answer
CURSE
Tags
Notes
The answer CURSE is uncommon, appearing about once every 375 puzzles.
Related Clues
Anathema
Blaspheme
Damn
"#@&%!," e.g.
Hex
Imprecation
Jinx
Malediction
Pox
Say "@#$%!"
Scourge
Whammy
Bit of voodoo
Blasphemous cry
"Damn!," e.g.
Deleted part
Put a hex on
Rigoletto's concern
Unlucky charm
Give a damn?
Wish evil on
No blessing, this!
Persistent bad luck
One that's ill-prepared?
A mummy may have one, perhaps
Start of many horror titles
What a mummy might have
Definition
CURSE as a noun:
1. (curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss) = profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"
2. (execration, condemnation, curse) = an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
3. (hex, jinx, curse, whammy) = an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
4. (bane, curse, scourge, nemesis) = something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
5. (curse, torment) = a severe affliction
CURSE as a verb:
1. (curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate) = utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
2. heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
3. (curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict) = wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
4. (excommunicate, unchurch, curse) = exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"