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cursed

adj
/ˈkɜːsɪd/UK/ˈkɝsɪd/US/kɜːst/UK/kɝst/US

Etymology

From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed.

  1. inherited from cursed

Definitions

  1. Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.

  2. Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).

  3. hateful

    hateful; damnable; accursed

    • That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Frightening or unsettling, or humorously portrayed as such.

    2. simple past and past participle of curse

    3. Damnably

      Damnably; awfully.

      • I intended handing you the crown, but when I got here and realized how cursed unpleasant it might be I funked it. I decided to send the damned thing back by post without a word.

The neighborhood

Derived

blursed, cursedly, cursedness, uncursed

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cursed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at cursed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at cursed

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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