cursed

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See also: cursèd

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

Adjective

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

  1. Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
  2. (obsolete) Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
  3. hateful; damnable; accursed
    That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!
  4. (colloquial, of images, communication, or behavior) Frightening or unsettling; humorously portrayed as such.
    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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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of having some sort of divine harm): blessed

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Verb

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cursed

  1. simple past and past participle of curse

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From cursen.

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Adjective

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cursed

  1. accursed

Descendants

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  • English: cursed
  • Yola: cursed

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Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English cursed.

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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

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  • 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