cursed
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːsɪd/ / /kɜːst/ / /ˈkɝsɪd/ / /kɝst/ / [kʰɝst]
adj
Etymology: From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed.
- Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
- Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
“Leonato By my troth neece thou wilt neuer get thee a huſband, if thou be ſo ſhrewd of thy tongue. / brother Infaith ſhees too curſt. / Beatrice Too curſt is more then curſt, I ſhall leſſen Gods ſending that way, for it is ſaide, God ſends a curſt cow ſhort hornes, but to a cow too curſt, he ſends none.”
- hateful; damnable; accursed
“That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!”
- Frightening or unsettling, or humorously portrayed as such.
““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.””
adv
Etymology: From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed.
- Damnably; awfully.
“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.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of curse