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also curst
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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Recent Examples of cursed
Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
With shades of some of the biggest American hits of the past two decades, this one about a cursed supporting artist could be ripe for an international remake.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Emily Rudd and Sadie Sink in Fear Street: 1966
©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection
This horror trilogy based on the R.L. Stine book series follows the cursed town of Shadyside, Ohio, which is repeatedly plagued by murder and tragedy.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025
First introduced in the cursed sapphic speed dating scene (see above), Ash’s confident yet charming personality immediately won both me and Taylor over.
—Ana Osorno, Them, 21 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
To become a Purdue basketball fan, pre-Edey, was to inherit a kind of generational trauma: the team was seemingly cursed, having made it to the Final Four in 1980, and not doing so so for another forty-four years, despite many solid opportunities.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
With shades of some of the biggest American hits of the past two decades, this one about a cursed supporting artist could be ripe for an international remake.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Emily Rudd and Sadie Sink in Fear Street: 1966
©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection
This horror trilogy based on the R.L. Stine book series follows the cursed town of Shadyside, Ohio, which is repeatedly plagued by murder and tragedy.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025
First introduced in the cursed sapphic speed dating scene (see above), Ash’s confident yet charming personality immediately won both me and Taylor over.
—Ana Osorno, Them, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cursed
Adjective
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The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
6 Dec. 2024
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When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
4 Aug. 2024
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Her kids will be condemned to doing worse throughout their entire lives.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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The security forces condemned the shooting and vowed to investigate.—
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arkansasonline.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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Government and school officials denounced the move while community members marched through the streets of Sackets Harbor, a village in Jefferson County on Lake Ontario, over the weekend to the home of White House border czar Tom Homan to call for their release, CNN affiliate WWNY reported.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Twenty-four percent of Republicans denounced the economic move by the president while 73 percent backed it.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Ringo was yellow submarines and octopus gardens, the mascot little brother, despite being the eldest Beatle, and the best at flittering above the feuds that afflicted the trio of geniuses around him.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
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Unfortunately, this fresh ailment has afflicted him for the majority of his 2024-25 run.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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What is disconcerting is when campaign donors and friends & family have commuted sentences after they have been legally convicted of terrible financial crimes.—
Sanjeev Menon,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Skinner had a terrible time of it for much of the season.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Players who are in strong lineups on teams prone to having awful lineups on the floor in the same games are prone to having skewed impact numbers.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The memes are endless as the LIV Golf star has played awful golf on Sunday.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
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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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In recent months, the Kennedy Center has been besieged by performance cancelations both voluntary and involuntary.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
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At the start of the invasion, Russian troops besieged the city, forcing residents to endure harsh winter conditions without electricity or water under constant shelling from Russian artillery, missiles and drones.—
Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Cursed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cursed. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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