Cursed

Quick meaning: Cursed is an adjective meaning Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.

Meaning

Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!

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.

“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.”

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.

Word Forms

• curseder
• cursedest
• curst

Synonyms for cursed

Depending on context, synonyms include accursed, cussed, bewitched, spellbound, condemned, sunk.

Antonyms for cursed

Common opposites include blessed, blest.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include damnable, maledict, curst, accursed, execrable, darned.

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