cursed
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
cursed
adj 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'll be cursed if I can see your
reasoning" [syn: {cursed}, {curst}] [ant: {blessed},
{blest}]
2: in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned
souls" [syn: {cursed}, {damned}, {doomed}, {unredeemed},
{unsaved}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Curse \Curse\ (k?rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cursed} (k?rst) or
{Curst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cursing}.] [AS. cursian, corsian,
perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of
the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross,
all these Scand. words coming fr. OF. crois, croiz, fr. L.
crux cross. Cf. {Cross}.]
1. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury
upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
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Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people.
--Ex. xxii.
28.
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Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. --Shak.
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2. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm
or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a
cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to
harass or torment.
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On impious realms and barbarous kings impose
Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those.
--Pope.
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{To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "cursed":
accursed, blankety-blank, blasted, blessed, confounded, cussed,
damn, damnable, damned, demoniac, demonic, devilish, diabolic,
disgusting, doggone, execrable, fiendish, ghoulish, goddamn,
goddamned, hateful, hellish, infernal, odious, satanic, ungodly
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