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Webster 1913 Edition
Cursed
Curs′ed
(k?rs′?d)
, Adj.
Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.
Let us fly this
cursed
place. Milton.
This
cursed
quarrel be no more renewed. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cursed
CURSED
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1.
Execrated; afflicted; vexed; tormented; blasted by a curse.2.
Devoted to destruction.Thou art cursed from the earth. Genesis 4.
3.
a. Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.4.
a. Vexatious; as a cursed quarrel; cursed thorns.Definition 2024
cursed
cursed
See also: cursèd
English
Adjective
cursed (comparative more cursed, superlative most cursed)
- Having some sort of divine harm, malady, or other curse.
- (obsolete) Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1:
- LEONATO. By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.
- ANTONIO. In faith, she's too curst.
- BEATRICE. Too curst is more than curst: I shall lessen God's sending that way; for it is said, 'God sends a curst cow short horns;' but to a cow too curst he sends none.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1:
Alternative forms
- cursèd, curséd (poetic)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
having some sort of divine harm
Pronunciation 2
Verb
cursed
- simple past tense and past participle of curse
Alternative forms
- curst (archaic)