English Explanatory Dictionary

cursed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
  2. Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
  3. hateful; damnable; accursed
  4. Frightening or unsettling, or humorously portrayed as such.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of curse
adv
  1. Damnably; awfully.

Pronunciation

kûrsʹĭd kûrst /ˈkɜːsɪd/ /kɜːst/ /ˈkɝsɪd/ /kɝst/ [ˈkʰɝsɪ̈d] [kʰɝst] En-us-cursed.ogg

Word forms

cursed curseder more cursed cursedest most cursed cursèd curséd curst

Etymology

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

Synonyms

accursed cussed bewitched spellbound condemned cursed sunk damned dead meat doomed done fey finished ill-fated lost sentenced undone bespelled charmed enchanted ensorcelled forspoken maleficiate under a spell harpyish harpylike shrewish shrewlike bloody ever-loving 4ucking bally blasted bleeding bleeping blessed blimming blinking blooming confounded consarned cotton-picking cowson dadburn dadgum dagnabbed damn damnable dang danged darn darned dashed deuced doggone dratted effing fecking flaming flipping

Antonyms

blessed

Related words

haunted

Derived words

blursed cursedly cursedness uncursed
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