cursed

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/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

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

  1. Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
  2. (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.”
  3. hateful; damnable; accursed
    “That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!”
  4. (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

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of curse

adv

  1. (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.”

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Etymology

From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed.

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