Cursed

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curse \Curse\ (k?rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cursed} (k?rst) or
     {Curst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cursing}.] [AS. cursian, corsian,
     perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of
     the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross,
     all these Scand. words coming fr. OF. crois, croiz, fr. L.
     crux cross. Cf. {Cross}.]


     1. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury
        upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
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              Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people.
                                                    --Ex. xxii.
                                                    28.
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              Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. --Shak.
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     2. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm
        or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a
        cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to
        harass or torment.
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              On impious realms and barbarous kings impose
              Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those.
                                                    --Pope.
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     {To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cursed \Curs"ed\ (k?rs"?d), a.
     Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable;
     abominable.
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           Let us fly this cursed place.            --Milton.
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           This cursed quarrel be no more renewed.  --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cursed
       adj 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" [syn: {curst}] [ant: {blessed}]
       2: in danger of the eternal punishment of hell; "poor damned
          souls" [syn: {damned}, {doomed}, {unredeemed}, {unsaved}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "cursed":
     accursed, blankety-blank, blasted, blessed, confounded, cussed,
     damn, damnable, damned, demoniac, demonic, devilish, diabolic,
     disgusting, doggone, execrable, fiendish, ghoulish, goddamn,
     goddamned, hateful, hellish, infernal, odious, satanic, ungodly