cursed

cursed

See also: cursèd

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective
  • (UK) enPR: kûrsʹĭd, kûrst, IPA(key): /ˈkɜːsɪd/, /kɜːst/
  • (US) enPR: kûrsʹĭd, kûrst, IPA(key): /ˈkɝsɪd/, /kɝst/, [ˈkʰɝsɪ̈d], [kʰɝst]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪd, -ɜː(ɹ)st
  • Hyphenation: cursed
Verb
  • (UK) enPR: kûrst, IPA(key): /kɜːst/
  • (US) enPR: kûrst, IPA(key): /kɝst/, [kʰɝst]
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
  • Hyphenation: cursed

Adjective

cursed (comparative curseder or more cursed, superlative cursedest or most cursed)

  1. Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
    Synonyms: accursed, cussed (dated); bewitched, spellbound; see also Thesaurus:doomed, Thesaurus:enchanted
    Antonym: blessed
  2. (obsolete) Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
    Synonyms: harpyish, harpylike, shrewish, shrewlike
  3. hateful; damnable; accursed
    Synonyms: bloody, ever-loving; see also Thesaurus:damned
    That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!
  4. (colloquial) Frightening or unsettling, or humorously portrayed as such.
    Synonyms: bizarre, cringe, macabre
    Coordinate term: blursed
    • 2016 October 31, Brian Feldman, “What Makes a Cursed Image?”, in New York:
      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.”

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Verb

cursed

  1. simple past and past participle of curse

Alternative forms

Adverb

cursed (not comparable)

  1. (slang, dated) Damnably; awfully.
    • 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:
      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.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cursen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkursɛd/, /-id/

Adjective

cursed

  1. accursed

Descendants

  • English: cursed
  • Yola: cursed

References

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English cursed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊrst/

Adjective

cursed

  1. cursed
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:
      To hint dhicka cursed vox vrom Bloomere's lhoan.
      To hunt that cursed fox from Bloomer's land.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 104