accursed
Origin of accursed
1- 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 MeredithThat 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. ReynoldsNot for a moment does his faith fail that “what God blessed once can never prove accurst.”
The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward BerdoeOnce 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
accurst (əˈkɜːst)
/ (əˈkɜːsɪd, əˈkɜːst) /
under or subject to a curse; doomed
(prenominal) hateful; detestable; execrable
Origin of accursed
1Derived forms of accursed
- accursedly (əˈkɜːsɪdlɪ), adverb
- accursedness, noun
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