curst

[ kurst ]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of curse.

adjective

1. cursed.

curst

/ kɜːst /

verb

1. archaic.
   a past tense and past participle of curse

adjective

1. a variant of cursed

Other Words From

• curstly adverb
• curstness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of curst¹

First recorded in 1545–55, for the adjective

Example Sentences

That’s right: John Steinbeck wrote a novel about lycanthropes, those doomed souls eternally curst by the bite of a ravenous man-wolf to undergo a ghastly transformation into a bloodthirsty beast whenever the bone-white light of the full moon shines upon the silent village below.

From Slate

O luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee!

From Salon

The grave, where the playwright was buried in 1616, carries the warning: "Good friend, for Jesus' sake forebeare, To digg the dust enclosed heare; Bleste be the man that spares thes stones, And curst be he that moves my bones."

From BBC

The noble and enduring man replied: “May you be dear to Zeus for this, Eumaios, even as you are to me. Respite from pain you give me—and from homelessness. In life there’s nothing worse than knocking about the world, no bitterness we vagabonds are spared when the curst belly rages! Well, you master it and me, making me wait for the king’s son. But now, come, tell me: what of Odysseus’ mother, and his father whom he took leave of on the sill of age?

From Literature

I shan't mind if you laugh at my death - after all, it hasn't happened before - but on learning of it I hope you'll recall these lines from Alexander Pope's Dunciad, his great satire on the unutterable dullness of our repetitive culture: "You by whose care in vain decry'd and curst/ Still Dunce the second reigns like Dunce the first."

From BBC