Synonyms for cursed
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Accursed — hateful; damnable; accursed
accursed, confounded, blasted, execrable, abominable, infernal, detestable, hateful, ever-loving, odious, blinking, dashed, darn, blooming, blamed, ruddy, darned, damnable vulgar, damned vulgar, damn vulgar, goddamn vulgar, bloody vulgar
2. Doomed — under some divine harm, malady, or other curse
lost, doomed, bewitched, spell-bound, unredeemed, unsaved, cussed informal dated
4. Shrewish — shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women)
Other
curst, bumboclaat vulgar
Definitions
- adj. 1
Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
- adj. 2
Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
- adj. 3
hateful; damnable; accursed
That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!
- adj. 4
Frightening or unsettling, or humorously portrayed as such.
Related words
- Word family
- cursedly
- Other spellings
- cursèd
Example sentences
- blasted That blasted cat keeps tearing up the upholstery.
- confounded He was confounded at the sight of the teacher.
- accursed Oh, Vassili, what brings you to this accursed place?
- doomed Africa's wild animals are doomed to extinction.
- bewitched Yuri found himself bewitched and confused by Anna.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| cursed | rising | |
| blasted | rising | |
| confounded | rising | |
| accursed | rising | |
| execrable | steady | |
| doomed | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- lost1, damn1, darn1
- 5 letters
- ruddy2, curst
- 6 letters
- bloody2, blamed1, damned1, doomed1, cringe1, dashed1, odious3, darned1, cussed1
- 7 letters
- goddamn2, bizarre2, blasted2, hateful2, macabre3, unsaved
- 8 letters
- blinking2, blooming2, infernal3, accursed2, damnable, shrewish, harpyish
- 9 letters
- bewitched2, execrable4, harpylike, shrewlike
- 10 letters
- abominable5, confounded3, detestable, unredeemed3, bumboclaat
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruddy2 = 2 syllables).