1. Deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
   "cursed with four daughters"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed";
   - curst [archaic]
    
2. (Christianity) in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
   "poor cursed souls";
   - damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved

1. Utter obscenities or profanities
   "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street";
   - cuss [informal], blaspheme, swear, imprecate, eff [Brit, informal], eff and blind [Brit]
    
2. Heap obscenities upon
   "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
    
3. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
   "The bad witch cursed the child";
   - beshrew [archaic], damn, bedamn [archaic], anathemize, anathemise [Brit], imprecate, maledict [archaic], dang [N. Amer, informal], doggone [N. Amer, informal]
    
4. Exclude from a church or a religious community
   "The priest cursed the heretic";
   - excommunicate, unchurch

See also: accursed, accurst [archaic], blame [N. Amer, informal], blamed [informal], blasted [informal], blessed [informal], cursed with, damn [informal], damnable, damned [informal], darned [informal], dashed [Brit, informal], deuced [informal], doggone [N. Amer, informal], execrable, goddam [informal], goddamn [informal], goddamned [informal], infernal [informal], lost, maledict [archaic], stuck with

Type of: abuse, arouse, blackguard, bring up, call down, call forth, clapperclaw [archaic], conjure, conjure up, evoke, exclude, express, give tongue to, invoke, keep out, raise, shout, shut, shut out, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Antonym: blessed

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