Cursed
Definition
Having been struck by anathema or excommunicated from the church; cursed, wicked, or villainous. In current and informal speech, it describes a hard-to-handle object, a difficult, bad, or annoying situation, or a person (often a child) who is mischievous, shrewd, stubborn, or wicked, yet sometimes viewed with a hint of hidden fondness.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Cursed
- Mischievous
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Variable adjective with standard masculine, feminine, and structural plural variations. |
| Formation | Past participle of the verb 'afurisi', functionally stabilized as an independent descriptive adjective or noun. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.fu.ri.ˈsit] |
| Source | Lexicon of Romanian Nominal Modifiers and Verbal Paradigms |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Un cronicar afurisit de biserică a fost nevoit să părăsească hotarele țării pentru a scăpa de temniță.
EN: A chronicler excommunicated by the church was forced to leave the borders of the country to escape imprisonment.
RO: Acest șurub afurisit nu vrea deloc să se desfacă, indiferent de câte unelte încerc să folosesc.
EN: This cursed screw won't come loose at all, no matter how many tools I try to use.
RO: Uită-te la afurisitul de copil cum a reușit să se urce în vârful mărului fără nicio scară!
EN: Look at that mischievous kid, how he managed to climb to the top of the apple tree without any ladder!
Idioms & Phrases
Afurisit de frig / Cursed cold / biting cold
RO: Expresie colocvială de intensificare folosită pentru a descrie o temperatură extrem de scăzută și greu de suportat.
EN: An intensifying colloquial phrase used to describe an extremely low and hard-to-bear temperature.
Pui de afurisit / Little rascal / stubborn brat
RO: Formulă populară, uneori mustrătoare, alteori afectuoasă, adresată unui copil foarte neastâmpărat sau isteț.
EN: A popular formula, sometimes scolding, other times affectionate, addressed to a very restless or clever child.
Gând afurisit / Wicked thought / stubborn idea
RO: Sintagmă ce descrie o idee obsesivă, rea ori bizară care nu dă pace conștiinței unei persoane.
EN: A phrase describing an obsessive, wicked, or bizarre idea that does not give peace to a person's conscience.
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