adjective
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under a curse
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deserving to be cursed; detestable; hateful
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Etymology
Origin of cursed
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at curse, -ed 2
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Rosario Cossio, head of the town's Afro-Peruvian Museum, said that Zana's reputation for being cursed was linked to the murder of a priest during the colonial era.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
"The victim should be consoled at this time, not cursed," one of them read.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Another is a pungent work of terror about a cursed man who inexplicably perishes in the village’s crypt, forcing the townspeople to investigate by disinterring the bodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Then we have Benny Safdie as Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, whom Odysseus follows to Troy and, ultimately, his cursed fate.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
I couldn’t handle the Dakotas on my own, and I cursed a fate that knocked out Charlie at just the wrong moment.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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