curse at someone—swear at a person; cast angry words at smb.:
- I don’t curse at other drivers in my infinite need to get anywhere as quickly as possible.
curse someone—
1. damn a person for doing smth.:
- She would scream his name over and over, alternately pleading for help and cursing him for not providing it.
2. invoke evil upon a person:
- The baker and his wife have been cursed by the witch who lives next door—they are never able to have children!