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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The cursed man is William Hickman, a merchant who lived there with his family beginning in 1596. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024 Footage of gamers struggling to build simple structures, or watching elaborate builds conjured before their eyes, are like watching someone trapped in a cursed Minecraft that exists in purgatory, with players never able to see their efforts come together into something coherent. Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024 In it, the 56-year-old plays a journalist who discovers a cursed videotape that kills its viewers within seven days. Victoria Edel, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 Ganja & Hess centers on an anthropologist who turns vampire after being stabbed with a cursed dagger, but Gunn was not interested in appeasing the capitalist appetite for another blaxploitation piece in the early ’70s. Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024 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 14 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

cursed

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

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