CURST

cursed, curst

(adjective) deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; “villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed”; “cursed with four daughter”; “not a cursed drop”; “his cursed stupidity”; “I’ll be cursed if I can see your reasoning”

CURSE

curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate

(verb) utter obscenities or profanities; “The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street”

curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict

(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; “The bad witch cursed the child”

curse

(verb) heap obscenities upon; “The taxi driver who felt he didn’t get a high enough tip cursed the passenger”

excommunicate, unchurch, curse

(verb) exclude from a church or a religious community; “The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

curst (comparative curster, superlative curstest)

Archaic spelling of cursed.

Verb

curst

Archaic spelling of cursed.; simple past tense and past participle of curse

Anagrams

• crust, cruts, curts

Source: Wiktionary

Curst (krst),

Definition: imp. & p.p. of Curse.

Curst, a. Etym: [SeeCurse.]

Definition: Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling. [Obs.] Though his mind Be ne'er so curst, his tonque is kind. Crashaw.

CURSE

Curse (krs), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cursed (krst) or Curst; p. pr. & vb. n. Cursing.] Etym: [AS. cursian, corsian, perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross, all these Scand. words coming fr. OF. crois, croiz, fr. L. crux cross. Cf. Cross.]

1. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate. Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people. Ex. xxii. 28. Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. Shak.

2. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment. On impious realms and barbarous kings impose Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those. Pope. To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell.

Curse, v. i.

Definition: To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear. Then began he to curse and to swear. Matt. xxi. 74. His spirits hear me, And yet I need must curse. Shak.

Curse, n. Etym: [AS. curs. See Curse, v. t.]

1. An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction. Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses. Shak.

2. Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation. The priest shall write these curses in a book. Num. v. 23. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. Old Proverb.

3. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment. The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance. Shak. All that I eat, or drink, or shall beget, Is propagated curse. Milton. The curse of Scotland (Card Playing), the nine of diamonds.

– Not worth a curse. See under Cress.

Syn.

– Malediction; imprecation; execration. See Malediction.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition