cursed
UK/ˈkɜːsɪd//ˈkɝsɪd/
cursed adjective: under some divine harm, malady, or other curse. Also the simple past and past participle of curse.
Adjective
cursed (comparative curseder or more cursed, superlative cursedest or most cursed)
- 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...1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II...
- 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.”2016 October 31, Brian Feldman, “What Makes a Cursed Image?”, in New York
Adverb
cursed (not comparable)
- 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.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
Also used as
cursed is also the simple past and past participle of curse.
cursed meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam
cursed in Tamil
- சபிக்கப்பட்டவர், சபிக்கப்பட்டார், சபிக்கப்பட்ட
cursed in Marathi
- शापित, अभिशप्त
cursed in Bengali
- অভিশপ্ত, শাপিত
cursed in Malayalam
- ശപിക്കപ്പെട്ടവർ
More languagesFewer languages
- cursed in Kannada
- ಶಾಪಗ್ರಸ್ತ, ಶಾಪಗ್ರಸ್ತರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಶಾಪಗ್ರಸ್ತರಾದವರು
- cursed in Punjabi
- ਸਰਾਪ ਦਿੱਤਾ
- cursed in Gujarati
- શાપિત, શાપિત છે, શ્રાપ પામેલ
- cursed in Odia
- ଅଭିଶପ୍ତ, ଶାପିତ
- cursed in Sanskrit
- अवशप्त avaśapta
- cursed in Nepali
- अभिशप्त, श्रापित
- cursed in Arabic
- مَلْعُون malʕūn, لَعِين laʕīn
Examples of cursed in a sentence
- Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi.
- The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.
- In the tale, a maleficent witch cursed the newborn princess.
Synonyms of cursed
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Antonyms
Forms of cursed
| comparative | curseder |
|---|---|
| comparative | more cursed |
| superlative | cursedest |
| superlative | most cursed |
| alternative poetic | cursèd |
| alternative poetic | curséd |
| alternative form (archaic) | curst |
Origin of cursed
From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed.
Words formed from cursed
Phrases with cursed
Questions about cursed
- What does cursed mean?
- Cursed means under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
- What is cursed in Tamil?
- Cursed in Tamil is சபிக்கப்பட்டவர், சபிக்கப்பட்டார், சபிக்கப்பட்ட. See Cursed meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cursed?
- Cursed can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce cursed?
- Cursed is pronounced /ˈkɜːsɪd/ (UK).
Words near cursed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cursed (page history and authors); cursed (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursed (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursed (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursed (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursed (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursed (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursed (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursed (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursed (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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