To curse someone or something (cast a spell wishing harm or misfortune); also used figuratively to mean to detest or loathe intensely.
裏切った相手を呪う気持ちになることは人間らしいが、続けると辛くなる。
Feeling like cursing someone who betrayed you is human, but if you keep it up it becomes painful.
村人たちは古い言い伝えの通りに、祠で悪霊を呪った。
Following an old legend, the villagers cursed the evil spirit at the shrine.
事故の原因を作った人物を呪ったが、結局法に委ねることにした。
He cursed the person responsible for the accident, but in the end decided to leave it to the law.