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cursed

The correct spelling is cursed.

How to pronounce cursed

/kɜːst/
verb

IPA: /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. 1.To place a curse upon (a person or object).
  2. 2.To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
  3. 3.To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
  4. 4.To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
  5. 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. 1.Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
  2. 2.Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
  3. 3.Hateful; damnable; accursed
  4. 4.Frightening or unsettling.

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