variants or less commonly curst
: being under or deserving a curse
cursedly adverb
cursedness noun

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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On March 25, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, shared an extremely cursed image of himself and fellow OpenAI scientists Gabriel Goh and Prafulla Dhariwal as Ghibli-esque, uh, tech guys. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025 If anything, phonk radiates a pure anti-politics, a cursed air raid siren for the polycrisis. Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2025 To become a Purdue basketball fan, pre-Edey, was to inherit a kind of generational trauma: the team was seemingly cursed, having made it to the Final Four in 1980, and not doing so so for another forty-four years, despite many solid opportunities. Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025 With shades of some of the biggest American hits of the past two decades, this one about a cursed supporting artist could be ripe for an international remake. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cursed

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cursed was in the 13th century

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“Cursed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cursed. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

cursed

adjective
variants also curst
: being under or deserving a curse
cursedly adverb
cursedness noun

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