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Uncommoncursed
The correct spelling is cursed.
How to pronounce cursed
/kɜːst/
verbIPA: /kɜːst/
Say it like: Cur-sed
The correct spelling is cursed. To place a curse upon (a person or object). For example: "That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!"
Usage Examples
“That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To place a curse upon (a person or object).
- 2.To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
- 3.To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
- 4.To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
- 5.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.
adjective
- 1.Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
- 2.Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
- 3.Hateful; damnable; accursed
- 4.Frightening or unsettling.
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