as in cursed
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
that cussed cat once again woke us up last night
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as in swore
to use offensive or indecent language
the little girl clapped her hands over her ears when her brother started cussing
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Adjective
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Melding Williams’s hidden racial empathy to Nathanael West’s grotesque sociology (as in The Day of the Locust), the result, though well intended, is what’s called film maudit, a cursed film.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 June 2025 -
As three people with remote connections to a house try to solve two brutal murders, the story becomes increasingly complicated and implausible, evolving into a fable about a cursed family.—
Pat Tompkins,
AFAR Media,
18 June 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 watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Cussed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cussed. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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