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variants also curst

cursed

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verb

past tense of curse
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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 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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Recent Examples of cursed
Adjective
For the last month, though, Webb has been pitching under an incredibly cursed moon. Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 In this remake of the 1986 horror movie, a cursed artifact that serves as a portal to the spirit world takes a couple down a dark, dark path. Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
The scene offers the difficult possibility that their daughter is potentially cursed, or that, even worse, Lorraine potentially has offered up Judy’s soul to the devil in exchange for long life. Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025 Finally, there are always travelers who have to get their luggage wrapped because their suitcase is falling apart or they’ve been cursed with a rogue zipper. Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cursed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cursed
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • The Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers condemned the TEA’s investigation in a statement Saturday.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2025
  • And that should be completely and totally condemned.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By surviving more than 3,500 cycles, the material demonstrated an unusually high degree of durability for this class of batteries, which are often plagued by rapid capacity fade.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Yet, the industry is plagued by low wages and high turnover rates.
    Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rodgers swore his 21st NFL opener overall and 18th as a starter was no different than any preceding it.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Anto, a Parisian cop of Corsican origin, swore as a child to his brother – killed in a vendetta – to break the cycle of vengeance that has plagued their family for generations.
    Ed Meza, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • During that interview, Luchin, a distinguished Italian chef known for his expertise in regional cuisine and the former owner of Ottavio restaurant in Walnut Creek, blamed financial struggles after his establishment closed in 2016.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • According to Altman, the most difficult issue the company is grappling with recently is how ChatGPT approaches suicide, in light of a lawsuit from a family who blamed the chatbot for their teenage son's suicide.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Well, my freaking agent had spoiled it.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Police have not released any further information about Corral, but angry social media users denounced him as a leftist and a liberal.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Online posts, including one shared by the Idaho Freedom Foundation, a far-right think tank, denounced Berriochoa and prompted calls to the Department of Labor and even former employers and educators of Berriochoa.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Griffin, who does clinical work in Long Island, New York, said his sister-in-law is in her 40s and quite wary of long COVID, the enduring, debilitating health issues that have afflicted millions of Americans who contracted the coronavirus.
    Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But Thomas was afflicted by health troubles on the 26-56 Nets last year.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Cursed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cursed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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