cursed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb utter obscenities or profanities
    imprecate; cuss; curse; blaspheme; swear.
    • The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
  2. verb heap obscenities upon
    curse.
    • The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
  3. verb wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
    imprecate; curse; anathemise; damn; bedamn; anathemize; maledict; beshrew.
    • The bad witch cursed the child
  4. verb exclude from a church or a religious community
    curse; unchurch; excommunicate.
    • The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
  5. adjective deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
    curst.
    • 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
  6. adjective satellite in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
    unredeemed; doomed; damned; unsaved.
    • poor damned souls

WordNet


Curs"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.
    Let us fly this cursed place. Milton.
    This cursed quarrel be no more renewed. Dryden.

Webster 1913