Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curse like a pagan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: curse -like a -pa-gan
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of swear like a trooper.

Example Sentences

"When his father saw him he fumed terribly, cursing like a pagan, and asking whether his son were a roysterer fit for the gallows as well as a fool fit for a cassock."
"[…]from the moment the guide announced he had lost his way, my factotum took leave at once of his courage and his senses and began to weep like a child and curse like a pagan."
"The Febrers returned to their house covered with renown even in defeat; one bearing the golden testimonial of the Caesar’s friendship; the other, the knight commander, lying on a litter, cursing like a pagan because the blockading of Algiers had been discontinued."

Inflected Forms

curses like a pagan (present, singular) cursing like a pagan (participle, present) cursed like a pagan (participle, past) cursed like a pagan (past)

Synonyms

swear like a trooper

Questions

What does curse like a pagan mean?: Synonym of swear like a trooper.

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