cursed

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curs·ed

(kûr′sĭd, kûrst) also curst (kûrst)

adj.

So wicked and detestable as to deserve to be cursed.

curs′ed·ly adv.

curs′ed·ness n.

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cursed

(ˈkɜːsɪd; kɜːst) or

curst

adj

1. under a curse

2. deserving to be cursed; detestable; hateful

ˈcursedly adv

ˈcursedness n

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curs•ed

(ˈkɜr sɪd, kɜrst)

adj.

1. under a curse; damned.

2. deserving a curse; hateful; abominable.

[1250–1300]

curs′ed•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	cursed - 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" curst blessed, blest - highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income"
	2.	cursed - in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls" unredeemed, unsaved, damned, doomed Christian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior lost - spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon"

cursed

adjective

1. under a curse, damned, doomed, jinxed, bedevilled, fey (Scot.), star-crossed, accursed, ill-fated The whole family seemed cursed.

2. hateful, damned, vile, odious, loathsome, abominable, infernal, detestable, damnable, pestilential I'd like to burn this whole cursed place to the ground.

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cursed

also curst
adjective

So annoying or detestable as to deserve condemnation:

accursed, blasted, blessed, bloody, confounded, damn, darn, execrable, infernal.

Informal: blamed, damned.

Chiefly British: blooming, ruddy.

Translations

verflucht vermaledeit

καταραμένος

maldito

maledetto

uročenzaklet

cursed

[ˈkɜːsɪd] ADJ → maldito

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cursed

[ˈkɜː^rst] adj

to be cursed with sth → être affligé(e) de qch

(under a curse) → maudit(e)

[ˈkɜː^rsɪd] (used for emphasis) → maudit(e)
that cursed cat! → ce maudit chat!

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cursed

adj (inf) → verflucht (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cursed

[ˈkɜːsɪd] adj (under a curse) → dannato/a
to be cursed with (fig) → essere tormentato/a da

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As they charged, they threw stones and cursed in shrill chorus.

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You brought us word even now, it was decreed That Bruno and the cursed Emperor Were by the holy council both condemn'd For loathed Lollards and base schismatics: Then wherefore would you have me view that book?

for I can tell you you'll be cursed with bell, book, and candle.

CURSED BE HE THAT STOLE HIS HOLINESS' MEAT FROM THE TABLE!

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"Yes, you did," cries the serjeant; "you cursed the cloth, and that's cursing the king.

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Curse thee, thou vain toy; and cursed be all the things that cast man's eyes aloft to that heaven, whose live vividness but scorches him, as these old eyes are even now scorched with thy light, O sun!

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And when ye are cursed, it pleaseth me not that ye should then desire to bless.

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'Thou hast cursed me already by the down-dropped eyelash and the uplifted chin.

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Any guard might arrest him, but by strange chance no one does so and all rapturously greet the man they cursed the day before and will curse again a month later.

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All these baffling head-reaches after immortality are but the panics of souls frightened by the fear of death, and cursed with the thrice-cursed gift of imagination.

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"In, in, in!" he shouted, and cursed them for their delay.

These, in their turn, cursed back at the blind miscreant, threatened him in horrid terms, and tried in vain to catch the stick and wrest it from his grasp.