cursed

See also: cursèd

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: kûrsʹĭd, kûrst, IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːsɪd/, /kɜːst/
• enPR: kûrsʹĭd, kûrst, IPA^(key): /ˈkɝsɪd/, /kɝst/, [ˈkʰɝsɪ̈d], [kʰɝst]

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪd, -ɜː(ɹ)st
• Hyphenation: cursed

Adjective

cursed (comparative more cursed, superlative most cursed)

1. Under some 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.

3. hateful; damnable; accursed

   That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!

Alternative forms

• cursèd, curséd (poetic)

Synonyms

• (having some sort of divine harm): accursed, cussed (US slang); see also Thesaurus:doomed
• (shrewish): harpyish, harpylike, shrewish, shrewlike

Antonyms

• (having some sort of divine harm): blessed

Derived terms

• cursedly
• cursedness

Translations

having some sort of divine harm

• Bulgarian: прокълнат (bg) (prokǎlnat)
• Danish: forbandet
• Dutch: vervloekt (nl)
• Finnish: kirottu (fi)
• French: maudit (fr) m, maudite (fr) f
• German: verflucht (de), verwünscht (de)
• Greek: καταραμένος (el) m (kataraménos)

  Ancient: κατάρατος (katáratos)

• Hebrew: מקולל m (mequlal), מקוללת f (mequlelet), אָרוּר (he) m (arúr)
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• Hungarian: átkozott (hu), elátkozott (hu)
• Italian: maledetto (it) m, maledetta (it) f
• Japanese: 呪われた (のろわれた, norowareta)
• Polish: przeklęty (pl)
• Portuguese: amaldiçoado (pt) m, amaldiçoada f, maldito (pt) m, maldita (pt) f
• Romanian: blestemat (ro)
• Russian: проклятый (ru) (prokljatyj)
• Spanish: maldito (es) m, maldita (es) f
• Swedish: förbannad (sv)

Pronunciation 2

• enPR: kûrst, IPA^(key): /kɜːst/
• enPR: kûrst, IPA^(key): /kɝst/, [kʰɝst]
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
• Hyphenation: cursed

Verb

cursed

1. simple past and past participle of curse

Alternative forms

• curst (archaic)

Anagrams

• crudes