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curs·ed    Audio Help   [kur-sid, kurst] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.under a curse; damned.
2.deserving a curse; hateful; abominable.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME; see curse, -ed2]

curs·ed·ly, adverb
curs·ed·ness, noun

1. accursed. 2. damnable, execrable.
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curse    Audio Help   [kurs] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, cursed or curst, curs·ing.
–noun
1.the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
2.a formula or charm intended to cause such misfortune to another.
3.the act of reciting such a formula.
4.a profane oath; curse word.
5.an evil that has been invoked upon one.
6.the cause of evil, misfortune, or trouble.
7.something accursed.
8.Slang. the menstrual period; menstruation (usually prec. by the).
9.an ecclesiastical censure or anathema.
–verb (used with object)
10.to wish or invoke evil, calamity, injury, or destruction upon.
11.to swear at.
12.to blaspheme.
13.to afflict with great evil.
14.to excommunicate.
–verb (used without object)
15.to utter curses; swear profanely.

[Origin: bef. 1050; ME curs (n.), cursen (v.), OE curs (n.), cursian (v.), of disputed orig.]

curser, noun

1, 9. imprecation, execration, fulmination, malediction. 5. misfortune, calamity, trouble. 5, 6. bane, scourge, plague, affliction, torment. 10-12. Curse, blaspheme, swear are often interchangeable in the sense of using profane language. However, curse is the general word for the heartfelt invoking or angry calling down of evil on another: They called down curses on their enemies. To blaspheme is to speak contemptuously or with abuse of God or of sacred things: to blaspheme openly. To swear is to use the name of God or of some holy person or thing as an exclamation to add force or show anger: to swear in every sentence. 13. plague, scourge, afflict, doom.
1, 9. blessing, benediction. 10. bless.
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curse    Audio Help   (kûrs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
    2. The evil or misfortune that comes in or as if in response to such an appeal: bewailed the curse of ill health.
  1. One that is accursed.
  2. A source or cause of evil; a scourge: "Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race" (William Ewart Gladstone).
  3. A profane word or phrase; a swearword.
  4. Ecclesiastical A censure, ban, or anathema.
  5. Slang Menstruation. Used with the.

v.   cursed or curst (kûrst), curs·ing, curs·es

v.   tr.
  1. To invoke evil or misfortune upon; damn.
  2. To swear at.
  3. To bring evil upon; afflict: was cursed with crippling arthritis.
  4. Ecclesiastical To put under a ban or an anathema; excommunicate.

v.   intr.
To utter curses; swear.


[Middle English, from Old English curs.]

curs'er n.
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curs·ed    Audio Help   (kûr'sĭd, kûrst)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   So wicked and detestable as to deserve to be cursed.

curs'ed·ly adv., curs'ed·ness n.
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cursed

adjective
1. deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning" [ant: blessed
2. in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls" 

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