adjective
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under a curse
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deserving to be cursed; detestable; hateful
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of cursed
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at curse, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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There was a similar outcry in 2016 when Noma Dumezweni was cast to play Hermione Granger in the original London production of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
And Tom Felton will return to the stage as a grown-up Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the highest-grossing non-musical play in Broadway history, and has sold more than 10 million tickets worldwide since its premiere in London in 2016.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025
It marks the first time that a star of the Harry Potter movies has joined the spin-off stage production, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025
The Witchlings stood right at the entrance to the Cursed Forest, the one they’d first gone to together and where Beefy had been taken.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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