Meaning

4 senses
  1. Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.

    verflucht, verwünscht

    проклятыйprokljatyj

    зловреднийzlovrednyj, проклятийprokljatyj

  2. Hateful; damnable; accursed

    That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!

  3. (colloquial)Frightening or unsettling, or humorously portrayed as such.

  4. (obsolete)Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).

More definitions
  • deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
  • in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell

Examples

91 sentences
  1. Tom cursed himself for his carelessness.

    ruТом проклял себя за беспечность.

    deTom verfluchte sich für seine Nachlässigkeit.

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  2. She cursed him for causing the accident.

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  3. She cursed him for forgetting his promise.

    ruОна прокляла его за то, что он забыл своё обещание.

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  4. The witch cursed the poor little girl.

    ruВедьма прокляла бедную маленькую девочку.

    deDie Hexe belegte das arme kleine Mädchen mit einem Fluch.

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  5. The thief cursed the police for finding him.

    deDer Dieb fluchte auf die Polizei, daß die ihn gefunden hatte.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having some sort of divine harm:
Русский
By meaning 1
having some sort of divine harm:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having some sort of divine harm:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

curseder/more cursed, cursedest/most cursed
Comparativecurseder / more cursed Lesson
Superlativecursedest / most cursed Lesson

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Synonyms

99 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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