1382. Wyclif, Ecclus. x. 7. Hateful is pride; and cursful alle wickidnessis of Jentiles.
1832. Blackw. Mag., XXXI. 306/2. Those curseful events that have made me the wretch I am.
1872. Frances R. Havergal, Ministry of Song (ed. 3), 107. Whose love shone forth upon the curseful tree.
Hence † Cursefully [printed curstfully] adv., accursedly.
1606. Marston, Fawne, IV. Wks. 1856, II. 78. Was not thou most curstfully madd?