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cursed

/ˈkɜːsɪd/ adjective

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adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cursed at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
  2. Shrewish, ill-tempered .
  3. hateful; damnable; accursed
    That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of curse

adverb

  1. Damnably; awfully.

Origin

From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed.

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Related Words: damnablemaledictcurstaccurseddamnedexecrabledarnedgoddamnedgoddamndeucedblameddamn

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