Cursed
['kɜːsɪd;kɜːst] or [kɝst]
Definition
(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' .
(adj.) in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; 'poor damned souls' .
Edited by Lizzie--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Curse
(a.) Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Accursed, unsanctified, unholy.[2]. Detestable, hateful, abominable, execrable, villanous, confounded.
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Examples
- Well, I won't go to any more of their cursed nonsense, Tom, said St. Clare; on my honor, I won't. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He cursed and vilified the hilltop. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In my quiet days, when I was my own man, I never quarrelled with the night for being long, nor cursed my bed for its thorns. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- So many men had cursed him at the end. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I cursed him before God, and told him I'd die sooner than live with him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You are a cursed emigrant, cried a farrier, making at him in a furious manner through the press, hammer in hand; and you are a cursed aristocrat! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I raved and cursed,--cursed God and man; and, for a while, I believe, he really was afraid of me. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Finally I said, This is a fraud--that is what it is, it is a fraud--and if I had had any sense I might have known a cursed mud-turtle couldn't sing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His cursed life is not his own! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I, in my stiff- necked rebellion, almost cursed the dispensation: instead of bending to the decree, I defied it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He cursed them in his soul, and only wanted, that they should be removed from him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Cursed, cursed creator! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He's a cursed white-blooded pedantic coxcomb, said Will, with gnashing impetuosity. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He who is of a tyrannical nature, and instead of leading a private life has been cursed with the further misfortune of being a public tyrant. Plato. The Republic.
- Each Pope cursed the other, and put all his supporters under an interdict. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That cursed Indian jewel has misguided everybody who has come near it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I cursed myself for a fool to have thus jeopardized our chances for escape; but there was nothing for it now but to see the adventure through. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Oh, how he cursed the weakness that prevented him from being up, and active, in his scheme of vengeance! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He cursed them both, and Capernaum also, for not repenting, after all the great works he had done in their midst, and prophesied against them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Troy's fallen, and Helen dead,—so Paris loses The game which Ate's cursed fruit began. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then _he_ came, the cursed wretch! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Agustín wheeled his horse and brought his right fist down as though he cursed again with the motion of it and rode up the draw. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Cursed be the day, abhorred devil, in which you first saw light! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- This cursed business, accursed of God and man, what is it? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Then Jehu went in and sat down to dinner; and presently he said, Go and bury this cursed woman, for she is a King's daughter. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Any cursed alien blood, Jew, Corsican, or Gypsy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I would not have his cursed stock mixed with mine; not that I had any dislike to the lad, but his blood was in him, and that was enough. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He's a cursed old screw, and the buildings all over his estate are going to rack. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You don't know how the cursed carelessness that is over-officious in helping me at every other turning of my life, WON'T help me here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- How I hate these cursed Methodist hymns! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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