curst

[ kurst ]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of curse.

adjective

1. cursed.

curst

/ kɜːst /

verb

1. See curse
   archaic.
   a past tense and past participle of curse

adjective

1. See cursed
   a variant of cursed

Other Words From

• curstly adverb
• curstness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of curst¹

First recorded in 1545–55, for the adjective

Example Sentences

There was at the seminary a curst Lazarist, who by undertaking to teach me Latin made me detest it.

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He sat silent after that, and as there seemed nothing that a curst old campaigner could say at such a pass, I bore him company.

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What secrets can the human breast contain, When tempted by thy charms, curst love of gain!

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The days were insufferably hot and mosquito-curst; the nights chilly, damp and mosquito-haunted.

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Of that fatal lapse the cause Was the curst pride of him, whom thou hast seen Pent with the world's incumbrance.

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