accursed

[uh-kur-sid, uh-kurst]

adjective

under a curse; doomed; ill-fated.
damnable; detestable.

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

Related formsac·curs·ed·ly

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

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Historical Examples of accurst

None but the most accurst of villains could abuse such goodness.
The Sylph, Volume I and II
Georgiana Cavendish
In second husband, let me be accurst; None wed the second, but who killed the first.
A Fascinating Traitor
Richard Henry Savage
Each in its place is seen to be good and worthy, but when each devours the other both are accurst.
The Browning Cyclopdia
Edward Berdoe
It was said that he conjured gold and jewels out of the unholy flames he kindled, and was accurst of God and the church.
The Deserter, and Other Stories
Harold Frederic
Benvenuto Cellini has told us how his father, in like fashion, was eager that he should practise the "accurst art" of music.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume V (of X)
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British Dictionary definitions for accurst

accursed

accurst (əˈkɜːst)

adjective

under or subject to a curse; doomed
(prenominal) hateful; detestable; execrable

Derived Formsaccursedly (əˈkɜːsɪdlɪ), adverbaccursedness, noun

Word Origin for accursed

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

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Word Origin and History for accurst

accursed

adj.

also accurst, early 13c., acursede "lying under a curse," past participle adjective from obsolete verb acursen "pronounce a curse upon, excommunicate" (late 12c.), from a- intensive prefix + cursein (see curse (v.)). The extra -c- is 15c., mistaken Latinism. Weakened sense of "worthy of a curse" is from 1590s. Related: Accursedly; accursedness.