Curst

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Archaic spelling of cursed, simple past and past participle of curse. alt-of, archaic

    "[...] what hangman hands / Pin to his breast a parchment? His own bands / Read it. Poor traitor, spit upon and curst!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Archaic spelling of cursed. alt-of, archaic

    ""Sounds curst funereal, Zeb! O my poor nunky! Go fetch 'em, Sergeant, and let me see 'em—'twill distress and pain me I know but—go fetch 'em!""

Adjective
  1. 1
    deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
cursedcursed

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"Armed, in the vacant courts, by Juno's fane, / Phoenix and curst Ulysses watched the prey."

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