cursed

English

Alternative forms

• cursèd, curséd (poetic)
• curst (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɜːst/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)st
• Hyphenation: curs‧ed

Adjective

cursed (comparative more cursed, superlative most cursed)

1. Something that has some sort of divine harm, malady, or other curse.
2. (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.

Antonyms

• blessed

Translations

something that has some sort of divine harm

• Bulgarian: прокълнат (bg) (prokǎlnat)
• Finnish: kirottu (fi)
• French: maudit (fr)
• Hebrew: מקולל (mequlal) m, מקוללת (mequlelet) f

• Hungarian: átkozott (hu), elátkozott (hu)
• Italian: maledetto (it) m, maledetta (it) f
• Portuguese: maldito (pt) m, maldita (pt) f
• Russian: проклятый (ru) (prokljatyj)

Verb

cursed

1. simple past tense and past participle of curse

Anagrams

• crudes