cursed
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ˈkɜːsɪd/
(UK)
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/ˈkɜːsɪd/ (UK) · /kɜːst/ (UK) · /ˈkɝsɪd/ (US) · /kɝst/ (US) · [ˈkʰɝsɪ̈d] (US) · [kʰɝst] (US)
Definition of cursed
6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
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adj
- Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
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(obsolete)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 none.”
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hateful; damnable; accursed
“That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!”
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(colloquial)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
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of curse
adv
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(dated, not-comparable, slang)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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed.
Words you can make from cursed
65 playable · top: CRUDES (9 pts)
Best play crudes 9 points5-letter words
13 words4-letter words
28 words- CRED 7 pts
- CRUD 7 pts
- CUDS 7 pts
- CUED 7 pts
- CURD 7 pts
- DUCE 7 pts
- SCUD 7 pts
- CRUS 6 pts
- CUES 6 pts
- CURE 6 pts
- CURS 6 pts
- ECRU 6 pts
- ECUS 6 pts
- RECS 6 pts
- DUES 5 pts
- DURE 5 pts
- REDS 5 pts
- RUDE 5 pts
- RUED 5 pts
- SUED 5 pts
- SURD 5 pts
- URDS 5 pts
- USED 5 pts
- RUES 4 pts
- RUSE 4 pts
- SUER 4 pts
- SURE 4 pts
- USER 4 pts
3-letter words
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