The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CURSED
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The straight part
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What does CURSED mean?
CURSED verb- To place a curse upon (a person or object).
- To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
- To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
- To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
- 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.
- Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
- Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
- Hateful; damnable; accursed
- Frightening or unsettling.