curst
Americanverb
adjective
verb
adjective
Other Word Forms
- curstly adverb
- curstness noun
Etymology
Origin of curst
First recorded in 1545–55, for the adjective
Example Sentences
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O luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee!
From Salon • Dec. 28, 2020
Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here; Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
From William Shakespere, of Stratford-on-Avon His Epitaph Unearthed, and the Author of the Plays run to Ground by Surtees, Scott
“Good frend for Isus sake forbeare To digg ye dust encloased heare Bleste be ye man yt spares thes stones And curst be he yt moves my bones.”
From Molly Brown of Kentucky by Speed, Nell
Oh! most gracious Providence, let me not be so curst as to see my children unhappy!
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
But those 'tis known who die of thirst Ne'er rest in quiet graves, So now he storms with dryness curst As ghost around and raves: 'Rouse there! rouse out of the house, there!
From Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
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