Cursed

/ˈkɜːsɪd/ · adjective

Meaning

Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse..

Definitions by Sense

1. Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
2. (obsolete) Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
3. hateful; damnable; accursed
4. (colloquial) Frightening or unsettling, or humorously portrayed as such.
5. simple past and past participle of curse
6. (slang, dated) Damnably; awfully.

Example Sentences

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 none.

That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!

“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.”

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.

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Word Forms

• curseder
• more cursed
• cursedest
• most cursed
• cursèd
• curséd
• curst

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