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
To you the world's a fig tree which is curst.
From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee
And thou, fell Tyrant, curst for aye of all the tuneful train— May blighted bays, and bitter scorn, mock thy inglorious reign!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
I always abhor'd the Art of Patience, and curst all Fisher-men.
From The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce by Mountfort, William
Certainly, when he ran from school—why don't you speak, you lubber? you're curst modest now, but before I came, 'twas all done amongst the posies—Here, my lady, take from a father's hand, Harry Thunder.
From Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen by Anonymous
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