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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kur-sid, kurst
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɜr sɪd, kɜrst



Definition of cursed

Origin :
  • Old English cursian, from the source of curse (n.). Meaning "to swear profanely" is from early 13c. Related: Cursed; cursing.
  • adj damned, doomed for bad ending
  • adj detestable, hateful
Example sentences :
  • He must be a cursed scoundrel to leave that poor lad there to die!
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Often he cursed himself as a wretch for paining that pure and noble heart.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • It's the cursed fear of loneliness and the fear of having time to think.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • A new Ahasuerus, cursed by inexpiable crime, yet sustained by a great purpose.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • Cursed be the serpent that bit you and had not sufficient power in its venom to kill!
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • There's no possibility of doing any thing while there is such a cursed noise in the room!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Vivian, of course, cursed ambition, as all men do whilst they are in love.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But what of that if he alone of all men could never get rid of the cursed knowledge?
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The Valley was rarely to be cursed with their presence again.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • The provincialism with which I had cursed his people extended to himself.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

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