cursed
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cursed
- /ˈkɜːsɪd/ UK
- /kɜːst/ UK
- /ˈkɝsɪd/ US
- /kɝst/ US
- [ˈkʰɝsɪ̈d] US
- [kʰɝst] US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)sɪd, -ɜː(ɹ)st
Where it comes from
From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed.
adjective curseder · more cursed · cursedest · most cursed · cursèd · curséd
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Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
Similar: accursed, cussed, bewitched, spellbound, condemned, cursed, star-crossed, sunk, damned, dead meat, doomed, done · Opposite: blessed
- Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women). Leonato By my troth neece thou wilt neuer get thee a huſband, if thou be ſo ſhrewd of thy tongue. / brother Infaith ſhees too curſt. / Beatrice Too curſt is more then curſt, I ſhall leſſen Gods ſending that way, for it is ſaide, God ſends a curſt cow ſhort hornes, but to a cow too curſt, he ſends no
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hateful; damnable; accursed
That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!
Similar: bloody, ever-loving, 4ucking, accursed, bally, blasted, bleeding, bleeping, blessed, blimming, blinking, blooming
- Frightening or unsettling, or humorously portrayed as such. “Cursed images, to me, leave you with a general uneasy feeling,” the account’s [@cursedimages] anonymous author told Gizmodo. “There could be certain qualities, like someone looking directly at the camera or an orb floating in the background.”
verb curst · cursèd · curséd
- simple past and past participle of curse
adverb cursèd · curséd · curst
- Damnably; awfully. I intended handing you the crown, but when I got here and realized how cursed unpleasant it might be I funked it. I decided to send the damned thing back by post without a word.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: damnable, maledict, curst, accursed, damned, execrable, darned, goddamned, goddamn, deuced, blamed, damn, lost, doomed, blame, unredeemed
Translations
Every language
adj having some sort of divine harm
| Español | maldito, imprecado, anatematizado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 저주받은 jeojubadeun |
| 日本語 | 呪われた norowareta |
| Kiswahili | laanifu |
| Português | amaldiçoado, maldito |
| Français | maudit |
| Deutsch | verflucht, verwünscht |
| Italiano | maledetto |
| Ελληνικά | καταραμένος kataraménos |
| Română | blestemat |
| Русский | проклятый prokljatyj |
| العربية | مَلْعُون malʕūn, لَعِين laʕīn |
| עברית | מקולל mequlal, אָרוּר arúr |
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