to cursed with
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7.4
- phrasal verb
- He was cursed with a chronic illness that affected his daily life.
- blessed or cursed with
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Watch on YouTubeAnd in a sense that in there you have it in one image, that's what humanity has been cursed with since our birth.
- And in a sense that in there you have it in one image, that's what humanity has been cursed with since our birth.
- It's still a good shorthand way of describing the fact that we seem to be cursed with responsibility for our own destiny, at least to some degree.
- It's the same thing over and over again, that there is some part of history which is unforgivable and that we are personally cursed with this, you know?
Examples
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My family are cursed with a dreadful disease.
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People cursed with this body chemistry are hungry all the time.
Blog text (4) -
I am cursed with light sleep.
Fiction book (1999) -
Why ever was l cursed with such a burden?
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You were not cursed with the inability to stop drinking.
Blog text (4) -
But his mind was cursed with horrible dreams and visions.
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Unfortunately, I am cursed with hypoglycemia.
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Because they are cursed with envy and cowardice.
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He's cursed with an ambition he could never fulfill.
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Del Rio was a town in trouble, a town with a gun in its back, plagued by crimes that just wouldn't stop and cursed with a sheriff who wore black.
Synonyms
232
4.6
Having to deal with something unwanted because you have no choice
136
5.3
Having bad luck because of a magic spell, sometimes used to show anger or strong feeling
122
5.6
To cause constant trouble and suffering to people and things
89
1.0
Having bad luck that causes problems
32
3.8
Feeling very weighed down by work, problems, or responsibilities
17
5.9
Suffering from pain, illness, or trouble
15
8.8
Suffering bad luck and likely to have more trouble
15
5.1
Having an unwanted duty or problem you must deal with
11
5.5
Full of a strong feeling such as guilt or sadness
9
3.0
A person who has bad luck or a hard life
3
4.5
Carrying heavy things or having serious worries that make you feel tired
1
6.5
Weighed down by worry or responsibility
1
9.9
Under a curse and likely to have bad things happen
Antonyms
How Burdened
Surface Forms
Morphology
cursed + with
The meaning is directly compositional: 'cursed' = afflicted/subject to harm and 'with' links the afflicted state to the specific burden (e.g. bad luck), so a learner who knows both words can infer 'having to suffer or be burdened by X.' Although often used metaphorically rather than literally, the adjective + with construction is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and thus readily interpretable by a B1 learner.
Etymology
Cursed with comes from the old idea of a cursed person who has a spell put on them that brings bad things and leaves them with the trouble. So today cursed with means 'to have to deal with' an unlucky or unwanted quality or problem.