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Definition of Cursed
1. Adjective. Deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier. "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"
Similar to: Accursed, Accurst, Maledict, Blame, Blamed, Blasted, Blessed, Damn, Damned, Darned, Deuced, Goddam, Goddamn, Goddamned, Infernal, Cursed With, Stuck With, Damn, Goddamn, Damnable, Execrable
Antonyms: Blessed
2. Adjective. In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell. "Poor damned souls"
Category relationships: Christian Religion, Christianity
Similar to: Lost
Definition of Cursed
1. a. Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.
Definition of Cursed
1. Adjective. Something that has some sort of divine harm, malady, or other curse. ¹
2. Verb. (past of curse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cursed
1. wicked [adj CURSEDER, CURSEDEST] : CURSEDLY [adv] - See also: wicked
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cursed
Literary usage of Cursed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fortnightly Review (1866)
"Let him 'be cursed by tho Lord God of Hosts, who sits above tho cherubim, ...
Let him be cursed in heaven and earth by the very mouth of tho Almighty God. ..."
2. Holy Bible by Canadian Bible Society (1855)
"16 cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother: and all the people
... 17 cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark: and all the ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"Deceased cursed defendant and ordered him out of the commissary. ... Deceased cursed
defendant, and ran back in the commissary and got a cant-hook handle ..."
4. The Christian Examiner (1857)
"Further on, in the fourth anathema, " cursed all that as possession rules us, As
house and barn, and child and wife." The effect of the word barn, ..."
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