What is "curst"

Curse \Curse\ (k?rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cursed (k?rst) or Curst; p. pr. & vb. n. Cursing.] [AS. cursian, corsian, perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross, all these Scand. words coming fr. OF. crois, croiz, fr. L. crux cross. Cf. Cross.]

1. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

   Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people.
   --Ex. xxii. 28.

   Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed.
   --Shak.

2. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

   On impious realms and barbarous kings impose Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those.
   --Pope.

   To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell.

Curst \Curst\ (k?rst), imp. & p. p. of Curse.

Curst \Curst\, a. [See Curse.] Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling. [Obs.]

Though his mind Be ne'er so curst, his tonque is kind.
--Crashaw.

1. (archaic spelling of cursed English) v

2. (archaic spelling of cursed English); (en-past of: curse)

See curse

adj. deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "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" [syn: cursed] [ant: blessed]

1. n. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" [syn: curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss]

2. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group [syn: execration, condemnation]

3. an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" [syn: hex, jinx, whammy]

4. something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life" [syn: bane, scourge, nemesis]

5. a severe affliction [syn: torment]

6. v. utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" [syn: cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate]

7. heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"

8. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" [syn: beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict] [ant: bless]

9. exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" [syn: excommunicate] [ant: communicate]

10. [also: curst]