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Found 4 hits - Term: cursed, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
curse \curse\ k?rs, v. t. imp.  p. p. cursed k?rst or
   curst; p. pr.  vb. n. cursing. as. cursian, corsian,
   perh. of scand. origin; cf. dan. korse to make the sign of
   the cross, sw. korsa, fr. dan.  sw. kors cross, icel kross,
   all these scand. words coming fr. of. crois, croiz, fr. l.
   crux cross. cf. cross.
   1. to call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury
      upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
      1913 webster

            thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people.
                                                  --ex. xxii.
                                                  28.
      1913 webster

            ere sunset i'll make thee curse the deed. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm
      or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a
      cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to
      harass or torment.
      1913 webster

            on impious realms and barbarous kings impose
            thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   to curse by bell, book, and candle. see under bell.
      1913 webster
see also:
cursed curst cursing cross to curse by bell, book, and candle bell 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cursed \curs"ed\ k?rs"?d, a.
   deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable;
   abominable.
   1913 webster

         let us fly this cursed place.            --milton.
   1913 webster

         this cursed quarrel be no more renewed.  --dryden.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
cursed
     adj 1: deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier;
            "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed";
            "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his
            cursed stupidity"; "i'll be cursed if i can see your
            reasoning" syn: curst ant: blessed
     2: in danger of the eternal punishment of hell; "poor damned
        souls" syn: damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved
see also:
curst blessed damned doomed unredeemed unsaved 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 moby thesaurus words for "cursed":
   accursed, blankety-blank, blasted, blessed, confounded, cussed,
   damn, damnable, damned, demoniac, demonic, devilish, diabolic,
   disgusting, doggone, execrable, fiendish, ghoulish, goddamn,
   goddamned, hateful, hellish, infernal, odious, satanic, ungodly





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