accursed

[ uh-kur-sid, uh-kurst ]
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adjective
  1. under a curse; doomed; ill-fated.

Origin of accursed

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English acursed, Old English ācursod, past participle of ācursian; see a-3, curse
  • Also ac·curst [uh-kurst]. /əˈkɜrst/.

Other words from accursed

  • ac·curs·ed·ly [uh-kur-sid-lee], /əˈkɜr sɪd li/, adverb
  • ac·curs·ed·ness, noun

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How to use accursed in a sentence

  • I proposed: she accepted me, and here I am, eternally tied to this accurst insignia, if I'm to keep my promise!

    Evan Harrington, Complete | George Meredith
  • That you prey upon the human race, whom I hate; because of all the world I alone am so deeply, so terribly accurst!

    Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf | George W. M. Reynolds
  • Not for a moment does his faith fail that “what God blessed once can never prove accurst.”

    The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward Berdoe
  • Once on a time He lived among men, preached, wrought miracles, suffered and died on the accurst tree.

  • Ze boocaneer dreazure vas accurst and bringt goot to no beebles.

    The Island Treasure | John Conroy Hutcheson

British Dictionary definitions for accursed

accursed

accurst (əˈkɜːst)

/ (əˈkɜːsɪd, əˈkɜːst) /


adjective
  1. under or subject to a curse; doomed

  2. (prenominal) hateful; detestable; execrable

Origin of accursed

1
Old English ācursod, past participle of ācursian to put under a curse

Derived forms of accursed

  • accursedly (əˈkɜːsɪdlɪ), adverb
  • accursedness, noun

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