curst

[ kurst ]

/ kɜrst /

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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of curse.

adjective

cursed.

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OTHER WORDS FROM curst

curstly, adverbcurstness, noun

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curse word, cursive, cursor, cursorial, cursory, curst, curt, curtail, curtailment, curtail step, curtain

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How to use curst in a sentence

There was at the seminary a curst Lazarist, who by undertaking to teach me Latin made me detest it.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete|Jean Jacques Rousseau
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.
The Master of Appleby|Francis Lynde
What secrets can the human breast contain, When tempted by thy charms, curst love of gain!
Australia, its history and present condition|William Pridden
The days were insufferably hot and mosquito-curst; the nights chilly, damp and mosquito-haunted.
The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service

Of that fatal lapse the cause Was the curst pride of him, whom thou hast seen Pent with the world's incumbrance.
The Vision of Paradise, Complete|Dante Alighieri

British Dictionary definitions for curst

curst

/ (kɜːst) /

verb

archaic a past tense and past participle of curse

adjective

a variant of cursed

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