cursedness
Condition of being hexed
Cursedness is the quality of being cursed—afflicted by misfortune or, more commonly in contemporary usage, possessing an unsettling wrongness that defies easy explanation.
Online, cursedness describes images, videos, or situations that feel disturbing in an absurd or inexplicable way: The cursedness of that photo kept me awake.
The word captures something beyond ordinary strangeness—a sense that what you're witnessing shouldn't exist.
Deadly epidemic disease
- blightPlant disease causing decay
- scourgeCause of mass suffering
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
suffering · malady · hex · jinx · damnation · bane · pox · malediction
Total civilizational collapse
- fatePredetermined course of events
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- downfallSudden loss of power
perdition · annihilation · damnation · judgment · foreboding · inevitability · prophecy · omen
Severe misfortune or disaster
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- woeGreat sorrow or distress
tribulation · hardship · plight · ordeal · setback · distress · misery · anguish
Practice of supernatural magic
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- necromancyCommunicating with the deceased
- occultConcealed from view
- voodooFolk magic, often Caribbean
hex · enchantment · bewitchment · conjuration · incantation · ritual · talisman · amulet
Not allowed
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- desecrationViolating something sacred
abomination · anathema · unholy · defiled · tainted · polluted · unclean · impure
Profound moral wickedness
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- maliceIntent to cause harm
- spitePetty malicious intent
- ill-willHostile or unkind feeling
villainy · sinister · diabolical · baleful · malignancy · nefariousness · corruption · depravity
plague
Deadly epidemic disease
- blightPlant disease causing decay
- scourgeCause of mass suffering
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
torment · suffering · malady · hex · jinx · damnation · bane · pox · malediction · imprecation
apocalypse
Total civilizational collapse
- fatePredetermined course of events
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
downfall · perdition · annihilation · damnation · judgment · foreboding · inevitability · prophecy · omen · endtimes
calamity
Severe misfortune or disaster
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
woe · tribulation · hardship · plight · ordeal · setback · distress · misery · anguish · grief
witchcraft
Practice of supernatural magic
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- necromancyCommunicating with the deceased
- occultConcealed from view
voodoo · hex · enchantment · bewitchment · conjuration · incantation · ritual · talisman · amulet · juju
forbidden
Not allowed
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
desecration · abomination · anathema · unholy · defiled · tainted · polluted · unclean · impure · shunned
evil
Profound moral wickedness
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- maliceIntent to cause harm
- spitePetty malicious intent
ill-will · villainy · sinister · diabolical · baleful · malignancy · nefariousness · corruption · depravity · darkness
- impietyungodliness, unholiness, irreverence, sacrilege, blasphemy
- spiritual statesenlightenment, devotion, ecstasy, salvation, fervor
cursednessblessedness
State of spiritual grace
grace · divine favor · benediction · sanctification · enchantment
cursednessblessedness
State of spiritual grace
good fortune · luckiness · fortunateness · prosperity · felicity
cursednessblessedness
State of spiritual grace
holiness · sacredness · state of grace · sanctity · consecration