cussed

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌst
  • Verb: enPR: kŭst, IPA(key): /kʌst/
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  • Homophone: cust
  • Adjective: enPR: kŭs'ĭd, IPA(key): /ˈkʌsɪd/

Verb

cussed

  1. simple past and past participle of cuss

Adjective

cussed (comparative more cussed, superlative most cussed)

  1. (chiefly US, informal) Ill-tempered, nasty, obstinate.
  2. (informal, dated) Cursed, damned.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 168:
      No one ever see him down on his luck till this cussed fever took him, Our rations was often short, but it was share and share alike down to the last pipe o' baccy.

Derived terms

Adverb

cussed (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly US, informal, degree) Very, cussedly, accursedly.

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