to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
「呪う」 has another reading with different meanings.
彼は自分の運命を呪った。
He cursed his own fate.
昔話では、魔女が姫を呪って眠りにつかせる。
In folktales, a witch puts a princess to sleep by casting a curse on her.
呪われた土地には誰も近づかなかった。
No one went near the cursed land.