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cursed

cur·sed

UK/kɜːst/ US/kɝst/ common slang

adjective

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”
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2.

in danger of the eternal punishment of hell

  • “poor damned souls”
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Origin

From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed.

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