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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CURSED, pp.
1. Execrated; afflicted; vexed; tormented; blasted by a curse.
2. Devoted to destruction.
Thou art cursed from the earth. Genesis 4.
3. a. Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.
4. a. Vexatious; as a cursed quarrel; cursed thorns.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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: cursed, curst] [ant: blessed, blest]
2: in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls" [syn: cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved]

Merriam Webster's

also curst adjective Date: 13th century being under or deserving a curse • cursedly adverb • cursedness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. damnable, abominable. Derivatives: cursedly adv. cursedness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people. --Ex. xxii. 28. Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. --Shak. 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. On impious realms and barbarous kings impose Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those. --Pope. To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cursed Curs"ed (k?rs"?d), a. Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable. Let us fly this cursed place. --Milton. This cursed quarrel be no more renewed. --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it. Bulman was cursed with a poor memory for names. ADJ: v-link ADJ with n 2. Someone or something that is cursed is suffering as the result of a curse. The whole family seemed cursed... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Accursed, blighted, banned, curseladen. 2. Detestable, hateful, abominable, execrable, villanous. 3. Scourging, plaguing, tormenting, annoying, troublesome, vexatious, confounded (colloq.), plaguy (colloq.).

Moby Thesaurus

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