curst Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb utter obscenities or profanities
    imprecate; cuss; curse; blaspheme; swear.
    • The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
  2. verb heap obscenities upon
    curse.
    • The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
  3. verb wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
    imprecate; curse; anathemise; damn; bedamn; anathemize; maledict; beshrew.
    • The bad witch cursed the child
  4. verb exclude from a church or a religious community
    curse; unchurch; excommunicate.
    • The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
  5. adjective deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
    cursed.
    • villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed
    • cursed with four daughter
    • not a cursed drop
    • his cursed stupidity
    • I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning

WordNet


Curst
Definitions
  1. imp. & p.p. of Curse.
Curst adjective
Etymology
SeeCurse.
Definitions
  1. Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling. Obs.
    Though his mind Be ne'er so curst, his tonque is kind. Crashaw.

Webster 1913