curst

curst
archaic var. of CURSED.

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adjective
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
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villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed

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cursed with four daughter

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not a cursed drop

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his cursed stupidity

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I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning

• Syn: ↑cursed
• Ant: ↑blessed (for: ↑cursed)
• Similar to:
↑accursed, ↑accurst, ↑maledict, ↑blasted, ↑blame, ↑blamed, ↑blessed, ↑damn, ↑damned, ↑darned, ↑deuced, ↑goddam, ↑goddamn, ↑goddamned, ↑infernal, ↑cursed with, ↑stuck with, ↑damnable, ↑execrable

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variant of cursed

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—curstly, adv. —curstness, n.
/kerrst/, v.
1. a pt. and pp. of curse.
adj.
2. cursed.

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curst adjective
1. Cursed
2. Ill-tempered (archaic)
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Main Entry: ↑curse

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curst «kurst», adjective, verb.
–adj.
1. = cursed. (Cf. ↑cursed)
2. Archaic. perversely disagreeable; ill-tempered; cantankerous. a)
cursed; a past tense and past participle of curse.

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[kərst]
adj. archaic spelling of cursed

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curst, a.
see cursed.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Curst — Curst, a. [See{Curse}.] Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Though his mind Be ne er so curst, his tonque is kind. Crashaw. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Curst — (k?rst), imp. & p. p. of {Curse}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • curst — curst; ac·curst; …   English syllables

  • Curst — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • curst — adjective see cursed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • curst — curstly, adv. curstness, n. /kerrst/, v. 1. a pt. and pp. of curse. adj. 2. cursed. * * * …   Universalium

  • curst — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective See cursed …   English dictionary for students

  • curst — kɜːst adj. cursed …   English contemporary dictionary

  • curst — adjective archaic spelling of cursed …   English new terms dictionary

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