curst
 curse的過去式;過去分詞


 Curse v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cursed or Curst; p. pr. & vb. n. Cursing.]
 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 imp. & p. p. of Curse.


 Curst, a.  Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling. [Obs.]
 Though his mind
  Be ne'er so curst, his tonque is kind.   --Crashaw.

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 curst
      See curse


 curse
      n 1: 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]
      v 1: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were
           cursing loudly in the street" [syn: cuss, blaspheme,
            swear, imprecate]
      2: heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't
         get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
      3: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the
         child" [syn: beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise,
          imprecate, maledict] [ant: bless]
      4: exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay
         priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
         [syn: excommunicate] [ant: communicate]
      [also: curst]


 curst
      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]