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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
Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Lip readers knew exactly what Mahomes was saying to Hutchison, even though NBC Sports’ cameras cut away before the Chiefs quarterback finished his sentence (and cursed).
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
Before dying under the weight of the boulder, the spell caster cursed the princess, her family, and the city.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Instead, its gambit is to inflate the interlude chapters from King’s novel, which trace the town’s cursed history with its resident evil and were omitted from Muschietti’s films.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Lip readers knew exactly what Mahomes was saying to Hutchison, even though NBC Sports’ cameras cut away before the Chiefs quarterback finished his sentence (and cursed).
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
Rather, his dream dissipated into a torrent of mismatched expectations, bad luck, and fear that the project might really be cursed by an unseen force.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
Before dying under the weight of the boulder, the spell caster cursed the princess, her family, and the city.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cursed
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Again, the idea of the freaking Crimson Tide celebrating a win over Vandy is just as bizarre as Vandy being in a big game to begin with.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Some accredited investors have 'no freaking clue' Even investors who already qualify as accredited could welcome, and benefit from, such a test, experts say.—
Stephanie Dhue,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Miss Universe Organization has since condemned the behavior and limited Itsaragrisil's role in the competition.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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The ramp, situated near the Green Line’s Central Station, was condemned by the city in April 2025.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
7 Nov. 2025
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The idea that a leak of any kind must be coming from one of the cast members is something that has plagued many a Housewives season.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Daylilies are sometimes plagued by pests like thrips, slugs, aphids, Japanese beetles, and spider mites.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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One agent swore to me that Sarandos is not the enemy of theatrical movies and passionately defended the executive as a misunderstood champion of cinema.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
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Again After the accident, Barker swore off flying for good.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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Suharto blamed the coup on communists, ousted then-President Sukarno – the country’s first post-independence leader – and sanctioned a hunt for those responsible.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Delhi was the target of blasts during the 1980s and 1990s, with public places such as bus stations and crowded market areas hit in attacks blamed on Islamist militants or on separatists from the northern Sikh state of Punjab.—
Shivam Patel,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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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Critics denounced the arrests as baseless.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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During the McCarthy period, Robeson’s passport was lifted, he was denounced as a traitor, and his career was destroyed.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Wars and insurrections have afflicted other parts of the Middle East, but Baghdad—a city whose name was once synonymous with suicide bombings and sectarian murder—has been spared.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Lakers were down LeBron James, afflicted by nerve pain.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Cursed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cursed. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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