"cursed" meaning in English

See cursed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɜːsɪd/ [UK], /kɜːst/ [UK], /ˈkɝsɪd/ [US], /kɝst/ [US], [ˈkʰɝsɪ̈d] [US], [kʰɝst] [US] Forms: curseder [comparative], more cursed [comparative], cursedest [superlative], most cursed [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪd, -ɜː(ɹ)st Etymology: From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cursed}} Middle English cursed, {{m|enm|cursd}} cursd, {{m|enm|curst}} curst, {{m|enm|corsed}} corsed, {{m|enm|curset}} curset, {{m|enm|cursyd}} cursyd, {{suffix|en|curse|ed}} curse + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} cursed (comparative curseder or more cursed, superlative cursedest or most cursed)
  1. Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse. Synonyms (having some sort of divine harm): accursed Translations (having some sort of divine harm): κατάρατος (katáratos) (Ancient Greek), прокълнат (prokǎlnat) (Bulgarian), molothek (Cornish), forbandet (Danish), vervloekt (Dutch), kirottu (Finnish), maudit [masculine] (French), maudite [feminine] (French), verflucht (German), verwünscht (German), καταραμένος (kataraménos) [masculine] (Greek), מקולל (mequlal) [masculine] (Hebrew), מקוללת (mequlelet) [feminine] (Hebrew), אָרוּר (arúr) [masculine] (Hebrew), átkozott (Hungarian), elátkozott (Hungarian), maledetto [masculine] (Italian), maledetta [feminine] (Italian), 呪われた (norowareta) (alt: のろわれた) (Japanese), клет (klet) (Macedonian), przeklęty (Polish), amaldiçoado [masculine] (Portuguese), amaldiçoada [feminine] (Portuguese), maldito [masculine] (Portuguese), maldita [feminine] (Portuguese), blestemat (Romanian), проклятый (prokljatyj) (Russian), अवशप्त (avaśapta) (Sanskrit), proklet [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), maldito (Spanish), förbannad (Swedish), lanetli (Turkish), зловредний (zlovrednyj) (Ukrainian), проклятий (prokljatyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cursed-en-adj-mwAJLRqr Disambiguation of 'having some sort of divine harm': 66 28 3 4 Disambiguation of 'having some sort of divine harm': 66 28 3 4
  2. (obsolete) Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women). Tags: obsolete Synonyms (shrewish): harpyish, harpylike, shrewish, shrewlike
    Sense id: en-cursed-en-adj-1PQLedpI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 52 3 41 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 5 40 3 23 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 5 35 4 19 38 Disambiguation of 'shrewish': 1 95 2 2
  3. hateful; damnable; accursed
    Sense id: en-cursed-en-adj-ym4Aimw3
  4. (colloquial) Frightening or unsettling. Tags: colloquial Synonyms (unsettling): bizarre, cringe, macabre
    Sense id: en-cursed-en-adj-ALrsLRf- Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 5 35 4 19 38 Disambiguation of 'unsettling': 6 5 5 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cursèd, curséd [poetic], cussed [US, slang], doomed, curst [archaic] Derived forms: cursedly, cursedness Related terms: haunted

Verb

IPA: /kɜːst/ [UK], /kɝst/ [US], [kʰɝst] [US] Audio: En-us-cursed.ogg [US]
enPR: kûrsʹĭd, kûrst Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st Etymology: From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cursed}} Middle English cursed, {{m|enm|cursd}} cursd, {{m|enm|curst}} curst, {{m|enm|corsed}} corsed, {{m|enm|curset}} curset, {{m|enm|cursyd}} cursyd, {{suffix|en|curse|ed}} curse + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cursed
  1. simple past and past participle of curse Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: curse
    Sense id: en-cursed-en-verb-dqO0Y3T3 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ed, English terms with unexpected syllabic -ed Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 5 35 4 19 38 Disambiguation of English terms with unexpected syllabic -ed: 9 17 8 26 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: curst [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
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          "roman": "arúr",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
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          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
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          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
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          "alt": "のろわれた",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "word": "呪われた"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "word": "клет"
        },
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          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "word": "przeklęty"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
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          "_dis1": "66 28 3 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "maldita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 28 3 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "word": "blestemat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 28 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prokljatyj",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "word": "проклятый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 28 3 4",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "avaśapta",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "word": "अवशप्त"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
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          "word": "proklet"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "word": "maldito"
        },
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          "_dis1": "66 28 3 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "word": "förbannad"
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          "_dis1": "66 28 3 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "word": "lanetli"
        },
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          "_dis1": "66 28 3 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zlovrednyj",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "word": "зловредний"
        },
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          "_dis1": "66 28 3 4",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prokljatyj",
          "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
          "word": "проклятий"
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        "(obsolete) Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women)."
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          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "sense": "shrewish",
          "word": "harpyish"
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          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "sense": "shrewish",
          "word": "harpylike"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "sense": "shrewish",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "sense": "shrewish",
          "word": "shrewlike"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "hateful; damnable; accursed"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2016 October 31, Brian Feldman, “What Makes a Cursed Image?”, in New York",
          "text": "“Cursed images, to me, leave you with a general uneasy feeling,” the account’s [@cursedimages] anonymous author told Gizmodo. “There could be certain qualities, like someone looking directly at the camera or an orb floating in the background.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Frightening or unsettling."
      ],
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        "(colloquial) Frightening or unsettling."
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          "_dis1": "6 5 5 84",
          "sense": "unsettling",
          "word": "bizarre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 84",
          "sense": "unsettling",
          "word": "cringe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 5 84",
          "sense": "unsettling",
          "word": "macabre"
        }
      ],
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɜːst/",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɝsɪd/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɝst/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɝst]",
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)sɪd"
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)st"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "doomed"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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}

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɝst]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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          "text": "That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!",
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          "ref": "2016 October 31, Brian Feldman, “What Makes a Cursed Image?”, in New York",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɜːsɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/kɜːst/",
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɝsɪd/",
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        "US"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɝst/",
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        "US"
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      "ipa": "[ˈkʰɝsɪ̈d]",
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        "US"
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    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɝst]",
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        "US"
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)sɪd"
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)st"
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      "word": "cursèd"
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      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "accursed"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "cussed"
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    {
      "word": "doomed"
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      "sense": "shrewish",
      "word": "harpyish"
    },
    {
      "sense": "shrewish",
      "word": "harpylike"
    },
    {
      "sense": "shrewish",
      "word": "shrewish"
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    {
      "sense": "shrewish",
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      "sense": "unsettling",
      "word": "bizarre"
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    {
      "sense": "unsettling",
      "word": "cringe"
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    {
      "sense": "unsettling",
      "word": "macabre"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prokǎlnat",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "прокълнат"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "molothek"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "forbandet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "vervloekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "kirottu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maudit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maudite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "verflucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "verwünscht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kataraménos",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καταραμένος"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "katáratos",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "κατάρατος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mequlal",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מקולל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mequlelet",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מקוללת"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "arúr",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אָרוּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "átkozott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "elátkozott"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maledetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maledetta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のろわれた",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "norowareta",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "呪われた"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "klet",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "клет"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "przeklęty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amaldiçoado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amaldiçoada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maldito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maldita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "blestemat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prokljatyj",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "проклятый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "avaśapta",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "अवशप्त"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proklet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "maldito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "förbannad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "lanetli"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zlovrednyj",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "зловредний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prokljatyj",
      "sense": "having some sort of divine harm",
      "word": "проклятий"
    }
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}

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      "ipa": "/kɜːst/",
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      "ipa": "/kɝst/",
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        "US"
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        "US"
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      "enpr": "kûrsʹĭd"
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}

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