accursed

[ uh-kur-sid, uh-kurst ]

/ əˈkɜr sɪd, əˈkɜrst /

adjective

under a curse; doomed; ill-fated.

damnable; detestable.

Nearby words

accumulator, accuracy, accurate, accurately, 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

Related formsac·curs·ed·ly

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

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Examples from the Web for accurst

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
In second husband, let me be accurst; None wed the second, but who killed the first.
A Fascinating Traitor|Richard Henry Savage
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
None but the most accurst of villains could abuse such goodness.
The Sylph, Volume I and II|Georgiana Cavendish

He had no other place than near the gallows, where he had so often buried the hanged and the accurst.
The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter|Adolphe Danziger De Castro and Ambrose Bierce

British Dictionary definitions for accurst

accursed

accurst (əˈkɜːst)

/ (əˈkɜːsɪd, 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.