Curst

6 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]:

  Curst \Curst\ (k?rst),
     imp. & p. p. of {Curse}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curst \Curst\, a. [See{Curse}.]
     Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling. [Obs.]
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           Though his mind
           Be ne'er so curst, his tonque is kind.   --Crashaw.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curst
       See {curse}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curse
       n 1: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;
            "expletives were deleted" [syn: {curse word}, {expletive},
             {oath}, {swearing}, {swearword}, {cuss}]
       2: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on
          someone or some group [syn: {execration}, {condemnation}]
       3: an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family";
          "he put the whammy on me" [syn: {hex}, {jinx}, {whammy}]
       4: something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
          [syn: {bane}, {scourge}, {nemesis}]
       5: a severe affliction [syn: {torment}]
       v 1: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were
            cursing loudly in the street" [syn: {cuss}, {blaspheme},
             {swear}, {imprecate}]
       2: heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't
          get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
       3: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the
          child" [syn: {beshrew}, {damn}, {bedamn}, {anathemize}, {anathemise},
           {imprecate}, {maledict}] [ant: {bless}]
       4: exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay
          priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
          [syn: {excommunicate}] [ant: {communicate}]
       [also: {curst}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curst
       adj : 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: {cursed}] [ant: {blessed}]