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curseworthy

curseworthy adjective: worthy of a curse or of being cursed; abominable; detestable.

Adjective

curseworthy (comparative curseworthier or more curseworthy, superlative curseworthiest or most curseworthy)

  1. Worthy of a curse or of being cursed; abominable; detestable.
    • They curse everything an inch high ; they ransack the archives of history, and send forward a search-warrant into the dim halls of futurity, to make sure that nothing curseworthy escapes.1892, Charles Fletcher Lummis, A tramp across the continent

Antonyms of curseworthy

Forms of curseworthy

comparativecurseworthier
comparativemore curseworthy
superlativecurseworthiest
superlativemost curseworthy

Origin of curseworthy

From curse + -worthy.

Questions about curseworthy

What does curseworthy mean?
Curseworthy means worthy of a curse or of being cursed; abominable; detestable.
What part of speech is curseworthy?
Curseworthy is an adjective.

Words near curseworthy in the dictionary

  1. curseth
  2. cursetor
  3. cursetors
  4. curseword
  5. cursewords
  6. curseworthy
  7. curship
  8. cursi
  9. cursin'
  10. cursing
  11. cursing like a pagan

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