not worth a curse
not worth a curse adjective: worthless.
Adjective
not worth a curse (not comparable)
- Worthless.
- “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 41
Synonyms of not worth a curse
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- good-for-naught
- good-for-nothing
- goodless
- ineffectual
- jabberwocky
- junky
- mouldy
- no-account
- no good / no-good
- nonvaluable
- not worth a damn
- not worth a dime
- not worth a plug nickel
- not worth a brass farthing
- not worth a cent
- not worth a cress
- not worth a Continental
- not worth a farthing
- not worth a nickel
- not worth a penny
- not worth salt
- not worth a whistle
- of no value
- pissass
- punk
- putid
- rubbishy
- scabbed
- scummy
- shand
Origin of not worth a curse
Corrupted from earlier not worth a cress.
Questions about not worth a curse
- What does not worth a curse mean?
- Not worth a curse means worthless.
- What part of speech is not worth a curse?
- Not worth a curse is an adjective.
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