accursed

[ uh-kur-sid, uh-kurst ]

/ əˈkɜr sɪd, əˈkɜrst /

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adjective

under a curse; doomed; ill-fated.

damnable; detestable.

Words nearby accursed

accumulative, accumulator, accuracy, accurate, accurize, accursed, accus., accusal, accusation, accusatival, accusative

Also ac·curst

[uh-kurst] /əˈkɜrst/.

Origin of accursed

before 1000; Middle English acursed, Old English ācursod, past participle of ācursian. See a-³, curse

OTHER WORDS FROM accursed

ac·curs·ed·ly

[uh-kur-sid-lee] /əˈkɜr sɪd li/, adverbac·curs·ed·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for accursed

That could be considered preaching meaning you would be “accursed” – Translation: Denied service.
Arizona’s Pro-Discrimination Law Won’t Stop With Gays|Dean Obeidallah|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You wrote a draft of The Accursed in the early 1980s, then abandoned it.
The Devil and Woodrow Wilson: An Interview With Joyce Carol Oates|Jane Ciabattari|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Her new novel, The Accursed, is the fifth in her series of Gothic novels that began in 1980 with Bellefleur.
The Devil and Woodrow Wilson: An Interview With Joyce Carol Oates|Jane Ciabattari|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Woodrow Wilson figures prominently in The Accursed as the beleaguered president of Princeton.
The Devil and Woodrow Wilson: An Interview With Joyce Carol Oates|Jane Ciabattari|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

There is a sub-theme in The Accursed of medical history and its bizarre fads and ministrations.
The Devil and Woodrow Wilson: An Interview With Joyce Carol Oates|Jane Ciabattari|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Marriage, even nominal marriage, with Nevile was the accursed thing: none of it.
Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett
Yes, and I have reason to believe that there is plotting and conniving between the Empress and the accursed Christian sect.
Valeria|William Henry Withrow
I am their master, and not one of the accursed Carbonari can escape me.
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851|Various
My soul recoils from the bare idea of pronouncing my own accursed name!
Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf|George W. M. Reynolds
The letter described the Bible Society as “an infernal society,” and referred in passing to “its accursed fecundity.”
The Life of George Borrow|Herbert Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for accursed

accursed

accurst (əˈkɜːst)

/ (əˈkɜːsɪd, əˈkɜːst) /

adjective

under or subject to a curse; doomed

(prenominal) hateful; detestable; execrable

Derived forms of accursed

accursedly (əˈkɜːsɪdlɪ), adverbaccursedness, noun

Word Origin for accursed

Old English ācursod, past participle of ācursian to put under a curse

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accursed

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Origin of accursed

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British Dictionary definitions for accursed

accurst (əˈkɜːst)

adjective

Derived forms of accursed

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