cursedness
- noun
- /ˈkɜːrsɪdnəs/
- Archaic
- Her cursedness seemed to follow her everywhere.
Examples
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After a series of failures, she began to believe in her own cursedness.
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The cursedness of the old house was well known.
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He could not escape the cursedness that seemed to follow his family for generations.
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The villagers whispered about the cursedness of the old abandoned house on the hill.
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Many believe that her family's cursedness brought them nothing but misfortune throughout the generations.
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After losing the game in such an unfortunate way, she wondered if her cursedness had struck again.
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The old house was known for its cursedness, as many who lived there faced endless bad luck.
Synonyms
Unlucky events that happen by chance
A bad event that causes trouble
A magic spell believed to cause bad luck
Bad things that happen to someone by chance
A spell people think causes bad luck
A time when someone has bad luck
A situation in which bad things keep happening to someone
Antonyms
How Unlucky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cursedness comes from the word curse ('a spoken wish that bad luck happens') plus the ending -ness ('state' or 'quality'). So, cursedness means the state of being under a curse or very unlucky, like bad luck that seems to follow you.