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What is "cursed" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does cursed mean in English? Meaning of cursed definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "cursed" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "cursed": deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier

Adjective

  • Meaning: deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: cursed curst
  • Antonyms: blessed blest
  • Similar: accursed accurst blame blamed blasted blessed cursed with damn damnable damned darned deuced execrable goddam goddamn goddamned infernal maledict stuck with

    • Meaning of "cursed": in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell

    Adjective

  • Meaning: in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
  • Example: poor damned souls
  • Synonyms: cursed damned doomed unredeemed unsaved
  • Similar: lost
  • Adjective: Having some sort of divine harm, malady, or other curse.(obsolete) Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women). 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1: LEONATO. By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue. ANTONIO. In faith, she's too curst. BEATRICE. Too curst is more than curst: I shall lessen God's sending that way; for it is said, 'God sends a curst cow short horns;' but to a cow too curst he sends none.1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1: LEONATO. By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue. ANTONIO. In faith, she's too curst. BEATRICE. Too curst is more than curst: I shall lessen God's sending that way; for it is said, 'God sends a curst cow short horns;' but to a cow too curst he sends none.

    • Synonyms:

    confounded, blessed, accursed, blasted, excommunicate, execrable, fey, ill-fated, infernal, star-crossed, unholy, villainous, blighted, voodooed, foredoomed, bedeviled, blankety-blank, cast out, doggone, hell fire, snakebit, unsanctified, disgusting, accursed, abominable, atrocious, damnable, devilish, execrable, fiendish, heinous, infamous, infernal, loathsome, odious, pernicious, vile, pestilential,

    Antonyms:

    kind, great, nice, sweet, kind, blessed, great, nice, sweet,

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    cursed in English: cursed
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