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as in blasted
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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James Mercadante, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Only this time, instead of a psychiatrist at a lonely psychiatric hospital, the cursed victim is the biggest pop star in the world.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
The Exorcist: 10 creepy details from the scariest movie ever made
Is The Exorcist a cursed film?
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
First ladies, by the cursed nature of the role, are supposed to humanize and soften the jagged, ugly edge of power.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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The actor joined the notoriously scary movie as Jack, a counselor at a cursed camp where murder after murder takes place.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Only this time, instead of a psychiatrist at a lonely psychiatric hospital, the cursed victim is the biggest pop star in the world.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
The Exorcist: 10 creepy details from the scariest movie ever made
Is The Exorcist a cursed film?
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
First ladies, by the cursed nature of the role, are supposed to humanize and soften the jagged, ugly edge of power.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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As in the video game, which starts characters off in a kind of blasted heath, the surroundings are visually competent but forgettable.Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
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Hunger and disease stalk Gaza’s blasted neighborhoods.Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
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That came about in the family’s own dynamic in recovering from this terrible thing that had happened to them as a group.Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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In contrast, the United States in the 1970s suffered terrible inflationary pressures, financial dislocation, and substandard economic performance even though its outstanding government debt averaged only 33% of the county’s GDP.Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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While the Panthers have been objectively awful nearly every week this season, New Orleans has not been much better since its surprising 2-0 start.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Why has simply being awake in a comfortable bed become such an awful situation?Korin Miller, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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Must be able to play an accursed whalebone lyre while consuming five sticks of unsalted butter.Keaton Patti, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
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The others have tried to forget all about it, and have managed to put some distance between themselves and their accursed hometown.New York Times, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
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People gave fans a first glimpse of Clarkson's dramatic makeover, showcasing her decked out in the iconic character's ghoulish style, right down to the rotten teeth and dark, circled eyes.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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King recommends going through your refrigerator to throw away any expired or rotten food before cleaning the inside with soap and hot water.Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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Christ and his angels battled for your salvation, while the Devil and his many demonic spirits sought to trick and tempt, to pull you into their infernal kingdom.James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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The stake, with the hooded heretic, the black man or the witch attached to it, is the burning tree and body of the infernal world.John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Taken together, the two drove home a damnable fact about America in 2022: That virulent pus coursing through the souls of Mississippi racists in 1955 still flows and has been reconstituted in the despicable figure of Donald J. Trump and the people who follow him.Keith L. Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 17 Nov. 2022
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Wordle two steps faster than the damnable robot.Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
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The displeasure of it gave way to absurdity, out of which emerged a mutual, confounded glee.Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
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In Europe itself, Greece has so far confounded predictions by avoiding the kind of mass outbreaks that have claimed tens of thousands of lives in Italy, France, and Britain.Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2020
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“Cursed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cursed. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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