| Main Entry: | cursed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damned, doomed for bad ending |
Synonyms: |
accursed, bedeviled, blankety-blank, blasted, blessed, blighted, cast out, confounded, doggone, excommunicate, execrable, fey, foredoomed, hell fire, ill-fated, infernal, snakebit, star-crossed, unholy, unsanctified, villainous, voodooed |
Antonyms: |
blessed |
| Main Entry: | cursed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | detestable, hateful |
Synonyms: |
abominable, accursed, atrocious, damnable, devilish, disgusting, execrable, fiendish, heinous, infamous, infernal, loathsome, odious, pernicious, pestilential, vile |
Antonyms: |
great, kind, nice, sweet |
| Main Entry: | curse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swear |
Synonyms: |
be foul-mouthed, bedamn, blaspheme, cuss, execrate, flame*, imprecate, take name in vain, talk dirty, use bad language, utter profanity |
| Main Entry: | abominable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awful, detestable |
Synonyms: |
abhorrent, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, despicable, disgusting, foul, grim, grody, gross*, hairy*, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, horrid, loathsome, lousy, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazy*, stinking, terrible, vile, wretched |
Antonyms: |
alluring, appealing, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, likeable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | ban |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | officially forbid |
Synonyms: |
banish, bar, blackball, close down, close up, curse, declare illegal, disallow, enjoin, exclude, halt, ice out, illegalize, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, pass by, pass up, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, restrict, shut out, suppress |
Antonyms: |
allow, permit |
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
Synonyms: |
abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, cast out, castigate, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, pan, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, thunder against |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
Antonyms: |
bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
| Main Entry: | damnable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | atrocious, horrible |
Synonyms: |
abhorrent, abominable, accursed, blamed, blessed, culpable, cursed, dang, darn, depraved, despicable, detestable, dratted, execrable, hateful, odious, offensive, outrageous, wicked |
Antonyms: |
admirable, blessed, cherished, exalted, favorable, favored, good, laudatory, loveable, praiseworthy |
| Main Entry: | damned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful, unwelcome |
Synonyms: |
accursed, all-fired, anathematized, bad, blankety-blank, blasted, blessed*, bloody*, blooming, condemned, confounded, cursed, cussed, damnable, dang, darn, darned, despicable, detestable, doggone, done for, doomed, dratted, execrable, gone to blazes, infamous, infernal, loathsome, lost, lousy, reprobate, revolting, unhappy, voodooed |
Antonyms: |
blessed, cherished, favored, likeable, loveable, nice, praiseworthy, welcome |
| Main Entry: | devilish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wicked |
Synonyms: |
Mephistophelian, accursed, atrocious, bad, brutish, cloven-footed, cursed, damnable, demoniac, demonic, detestable, diabolic, diabolical, evil, execrable, fiendish, hellborn, hellish, infernal, inhuman, iniquitous, nefarious, satanic, serpentine, unhallowed, villainous |
Antonyms: |
angelic, godlike, good, moral |
| Main Entry: | doomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condemned, hopeless |
Synonyms: |
bedeviled, bewitched, convicted, cursed, cut down, damned, dead duck, destroyed, done, done for, fated, fey, foreordained, ill-fated, ill-omened, in the cards, kiss of death, lost, luckless, menaced, overthrown, overwhelmed, predestined, que sera sera, reprobate, ruined, sentenced, star-crossed, sunk, suppressed, threatened, thrown down, undone, unfortunate, unredeemed, wrecked |
Antonyms: |
hopeful, lucky |