curst

Hexed, archaic style

Curst is an archaic or poetic past tense and past participle of curse: The dying man curst his enemies.

It also served as an adjective meaning bad-tempered or shrewish: a curst and quarrelsome woman.

The word appears mainly in older literature and deliberately archaic writing.

Modern usage favors cursed for both verb and adjective.

cursed

damned

Condemned to hell

bewitched · blighted · condemned · anathematized · excommunicated · malediction · execrated · unhallowed · infernal · ill-fated

ill-tempered

irritable

Easily provoked to annoyance

peevish · shrewish · snappish · cross · testy · petulant · quarrelsome · fractious · crabbed · waspish

malevolent

malicious

Meaning to do harm

wicked · vicious · malignant · hostile · cruel · bitter · hateful · baleful · ill-natured · evil-minded

Opposites
divine favor/disfavor

curstblessed

Receiving divine favor

blest · bless · hallowed · sanctified · fortunate

temperament/disposition

curstgood-natured

Having a friendly temperament

sweet-tempered · gentle · amiable · mild · agreeable

Phrases
Family

curse, cursed, curses, cursing, accursed, cursedly, curser, accursedly, cursers

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG