[syn: cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved]
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cursed \Curs"ed\ (k?rs"?d), a.
Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable;
abominable.
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Let us fly this cursed place. --Milton.
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This cursed quarrel be no more renewed. --Dryden.
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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]
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