cursed

Examples

• All

• So Sisyphus was cursed to push a boulder up a hill.

• After angering the gods, she realized she was cursed to suffer endless misfortune.

• Your partner is cursed by a strange witch and can only eat one food for the rest of her life.

• A walk that every Judge must take outside these city walls into the unknown of the Cursed Earth.

  Judge Dredd (1995)

• So Kyle is cursed and he has spread the curse to me.

• The Cursed Earth's a tough place on young folks.

  Judge Dredd (1995)

• Christina Onassis says she was cursed and I think she was right.

• In the story, the prince was cursed to remain a frog until true love's kiss broke the spell.

Synonyms

D

damned

vscursed

90 7.5

Marked as being punished forever in hell

is the traditional religious label used in formal doctrine

I

infernal

vscursed

• Literature

8 8.3

Very evil and cruel, causing great pain or suffering

refers to being condemned to Hell rather than describing a hellish quality

D

doomed

vscursed

7 4.9

Certain to have a bad end, like failure or destruction

means religious eternal punishment rather than general inevitable misfortune

U

unsaved

vscursed

2 9.1

A person who does not accept religious forgiveness and may face punishment after death

is a doctrinal term for being certainly condemned rather than merely at risk

U

unredeemed

vscursed

• Literature

1 9.2

Not saved from sin and in danger of being punished forever

is used for definite condemnation rather than possible danger

A

accursed

vscursed

• Literature

8.8

Suffering bad luck and likely to have more trouble

focuses on divine condemnation to eternal punishment rather than general curse

M

maledict

vscursed

• Archaic

9.9

Under a curse that brings bad luck

emphasizes religious sentence to Hell, not only a verbal curse

Antonyms

S

saved

• Formal

5.1

People who believe they are rescued from sin and its punishment

Compounds

C

cursed crowfoot

9.9

An annual marsh plant with divided leaves and small flowers

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology