The Clue
Villain's cry of woe (6 letter answer)
The Answer
CURSES
Tags
Notes
The answer CURSES is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Blasphemes
Maledictions
"Fiddlesticks!"
Devil's paternoster
Villain's epithet
Word with "foiled again"
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"