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also curst
as in freaking
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
that cursed tree fell and blocked the road
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as in condemned
to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon
I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want
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as in plagued
to cause persistent suffering to
misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house
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as in swore
to use offensive or indecent language
you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse
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as in blamed
to use profane or obscene language at or about
cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time
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Recent Examples of cursed
Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
The fickleness of decisions relieved some and cursed others.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025
While some people yelled at the driver to stop, others on the taxiway cursed in shock as the car passed multiple planes.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
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
The fickleness of decisions relieved some and cursed others.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
In that span, the Chiefs went 4-16 in the playoffs, and you were left to wonder if they were cursed, jinxed or otherwise simply destined never to win — or even play in — another Super Bowl.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025
While some people yelled at the driver to stop, others on the taxiway cursed in shock as the car passed multiple planes.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cursed
Adjective
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More than anything, though, Jessie is someone who clearly just really freaking loves to crosscountry ski.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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My freaking customers are now fans.—
Ana Colón,
Glamour,
18 Dec. 2025
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Moments later, Frey strongly condemned the incident to CNN’s Jake Tapper and urged ICE officers to get out of Minneapolis.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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The incident was also condemned by Brandenburg’s Minister-President Dietmar Woidke and Interior Minister Rene Wilke, who are both members of the social-democratic SPD party.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Jan. 2026
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But the hospital has been plagued by security issues in the last few years, and a contract dispute with the nurses’ union.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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Commentary and opinions Tim Walz isn’t the only governor plagued by fraud.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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For a guy who swore off foreign entanglements, Trump has the United States as tangled as a cheap fishing reel.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
9 Jan. 2026
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Or in the exaggerated, almost unbelievable stories told by aging fans who swore college football once had a soul, an edge and an attitude that rattled authority.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has repeatedly blamed foreign enemies for unrest while backing the IRGC’s response.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Instead of looking in the mirror, Greg had a scapegoat and blamed the entire divorce on David.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Her ballerina background, however, is fairly extraneous, even with De Armas made to stare solemnly at that blasted music box during her rare moments of rest.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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The song’s massive popularity drew the public ire of Nicolás Maduro, who started a new administration facing international pressure after opposition denounced the 2024 elections result as fraudulent.—
Leonor C. Suárez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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Top Republican lawmakers issued rare rebukes of the president over the action, which was also denounced by every living former Fed chair.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Given the housing shortage that’s afflicted the whole country, the state, in 2024, revised the Postcard Law to allow for more construction, at least in certain areas.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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Eddie Vedder and his wife Jill founded the EB Research Partnership (EBRP) in 2010, a nonprofit dedicated to funding research to treat and cure the life-threatening disease, one that afflicted the child of Jill’s childhood friend.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Cursed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cursed. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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