Synonyms of cursed
Examples of cursed in a Sentence
Some people think the old house is cursed.
a people cursed with famine
His cursed stupidity got him in trouble again.
I can't get this cursed radio to work.
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Notably, season 2 concludes with the Shibuya Incident, an event that left Tokyo in ruins and resulted in cursed spirits killing civilians across the city, according to Crunchyroll.
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
On Tuesday night in Buffalo, in a battle of cursed expansion cousins, the team representing the NHL’s most overdue rebuilding effort solidly bested the league’s most virulently anti-rebuild organization, the Vancouver Canucks, by a 5-3 scoreline that flattered the road side.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Exceptionalism but for being something worse than cursed—fated, maybe—for a specific brand of suffering.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
That's the general vibe of this wickedly entertaining horror indie, which centers on a cursed episode of a late-night talk show from 1977.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
On Tuesday night in Buffalo, in a battle of cursed expansion cousins, the team representing the NHL’s most overdue rebuilding effort solidly bested the league’s most virulently anti-rebuild organization, the Vancouver Canucks, by a 5-3 scoreline that flattered the road side.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Exceptionalism but for being something worse than cursed—fated, maybe—for a specific brand of suffering.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
That's the general vibe of this wickedly entertaining horror indie, which centers on a cursed episode of a late-night talk show from 1977.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
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“Cursed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cursed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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