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curst

/kɜː(ɹ)st/

curst is the archaic spelling of cursed.

Meaning of cursed

Adjective

cursed (comparative curseder or more cursed, superlative cursedest or most cursed)

  1. Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
    Antonyms:
    blessed
  2. (obsolete) 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...
  3. hateful; damnable; accursed
    • That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!
  4. (colloquial) 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
    Synonyms:
    bizarre, cringe, macabre

See all 5 meanings of cursed

Forms of curst

comparativecurster
superlativecurstest

Words formed from curst

Words that rhyme with curst

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Questions about curst

What is curst the archaic spelling of?
Curst is the archaic spelling of cursed.
How do you pronounce curst?
Curst is pronounced /kɜː(ɹ)st/.

Words near curst in the dictionary

  1. cursorless
  2. cursors
  3. cursory
  4. cursour
  5. cursours
  6. curst
  7. curstest
  8. curstly
  9. curstness
  10. cursus
  11. cursuses

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