accursedadj.n.

Brit.

/əˈkəːsᵻd/,

/əˈkəːst/, U.S.

/əˈkərsəd/,

/əˈkərst/

Forms:

α. Middle English acorsed, Middle English acorsede, Middle English acursed, Middle English acursede, Middle English acursid, Middle English acurst, Middle English akursede, Middle English akursid; also Scottish pre-1700 acursit.

β. 1500s accursyd, 1500s–1800s accurst, 1500s– accursed; also Scottish pre-1700 accurst, pre-1700 1900s– accursit.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accurse v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < accurse v. + -ed suffix¹.

Now somewhat archaic and literary.

A. adj.

1. That has been cursed; lying under a curse; doomed to perdition or misery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > state or condition of being

accursedc1225

banned1340

cursed1393

maledighta1400

remauldit?1473

condemned1543

execrable1557

devoted1611

execrated1660

maledicted1727

maledict1867

c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) l. 353 (MED) Ich hit am þet makede caym þe acursede [Royal þene acursede kaym] acwalde his broðer abel.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 22 Þu..ouercome..þe acursede gast.

a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 709 (MED) Goþ now fforþ echon, Acorsede gostes, to þe ffur þat wiþouten ende is.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xxi. l. 97 And [Faith] calde hem [sc. the Jews] ‘caytifs a-corsed’ for þis was a vil vilanye.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxix. l. 453 Therfore Acursed schalt thow be thorwh-Owt Alle the Erthe ful sikerle, and the Erthe, A-corsed I wel it be do.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 5 Take you in this barberous Moore, This rauenous tiger, this accursed diuell.

1611 Bible (King James) Josh. xxii. 20 Did not Achan the sonne of Zerah commit a trespasse in the accursed thing?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 51 Most accurst am I To be by oath enioyn'd to this.

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 174 A Wretch accurst, and hated by the Gods!

1829 T. Hood Dream Eugene Aram in Gem 1 116 [I] sought the black accursed pool With a wild misgiving eye.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Lett. 36 Thro' you, my life will be accurst.

1921 B. Tarkington Alice Adams xxi. 346 There came out of the southwest a heat like an affliction sent upon an accursed people.

1958 H. T. Wade-Grey Ess. in Greek Hist. 104 One house of tarnished nobility, the accursed Alkmeonid, had turned renegade and led the opposition.

1999 S. Heaney tr. Beowulf (2000) 96 The high-born chiefs..declared it [sc. treasure]..so accursed that those who robbed it would be guilty of wrong and grimly punished for their transgression.

2. Worthy of being cursed; damnable, detestable, hateful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation

stinking?c1225

misbegetc1325

banned1340

cursefula1382

wariablea1382

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maledighta1400

vilea1400

accursedc1400

whoresona1450

remauldit?1473

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unbicheda1500

jolly1534

bloodyc1540

mangy?1548

pagan1550

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misbegotten1571

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inexecrable?1594

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damnation1757

infernal1764

damn1775

pesky1775

deuced1782

shocking1798

blessed1806

darned1815

dinged1821

anointed1823

goldarn1830

darn1835

cussed1837

blamed1840

unholy1842

verdomde1850

bleeding1858

ghastly1860

goddam1861

blankety1872

blame1876

bastard1877

God-awful1877

dashed1881

sodding1881

bally1885

ungodly1887

blazing1888

dee1889

motherfucking1890

blistering1900

plurry1900

Christly1910

blinking1914

blethering1915

blighted1915

blighting1916

soddish1922

somethinged1922

effing1929

Jesus1929

dagnab1934

bastarding1944

Christless1947

mother-loving1948

mothering1951

pussyclaat1957

mother-grabbing1959

pigging1970

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective]

loatha700

eileOE

andsetec1000

wlatfulc1230

aloathedc1275

wlatsomea1300

unhonest13..

wlata1325

hideousc1330

abominable1340

hatefula1382

hatesomea1382

abominablec1384

odiousa1387

fulsomec1390

accursedc1400

hatousc1400

rankc1400

hateablec1425

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ugsomec1425

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noisomea1450

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loathy1481

loathing?a1513

oppugnanta1513

irksome1513

hateworthy1548

abhorful1565

ugged1570

detestine1575

ulcerous1577

opposite1578

scandalous1592

offensive1594

obscene1597

ulcered1602

dirtya1616

abhorrent1628

toady1628

envious1630

repugnant1633

nauseating1645

nauseous1646

obnoxious1646

detestful1654

reluctant1663

horrid1666

abnoxious1682

devilish1692

invidious1710

repellent1776

repellant1780

sickening1789

toadish1822

carrion1826

ugging1839

cussed1853

repugnant1879

jerky1944

vomitous1952

barfy1957

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > wicked or accursed

wariedc975

un-i-seliOE

awariedc1000

curseda1400

manseda1400

accursedc1400

damned1563

sacred1594

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xx. l. 254 (MED) Acorsede þeoues..Sleehþ a man for hus noebles [perh. read meobles].

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. 27 Accursed vsurie was all his trade, And right and wrong ylike in equall ballaunce waide.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 71 The priuate wound is deepest: oh time, most accurst: 'Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst.

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 48. 308 That accursed Quality..or Disorder of the Mind, called Ambition.

1790 R. Burns Let. 11 Jan. (1985) II. 3 If once I were clear of this accursed farm, I shall respire more at ease.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xii. 353 I never saw the accursed trick performed.

1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 97 This accursed system of slavery.

1906 L. Woolf Let. 12 Dec. (1990) 122 What an accursed thing life is, great stretches of dull insensibility & then these unbearable bitternesses.

a1956 A. M. Burrage Between Minute & Hour (1967) 34 You've got yourself into this state through sheer accursed loneliness.

1999 R. Tremain Music & Silence (2000) ii. 207 This accursed matter of Money is constantly on Christian's mind.

B. n.

An accursed person; (with plural agreement and chiefly with the) accursed people collectively.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > person or thing cursed

accursed1340

curse1382

maledictc1460

execration1611

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 189 Guoþ, ye acorsede, in-to þe greate uere eurelestinde.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iii. iii. sig. pi Than these accursyd shall saye by admyracyon [etc.].

1611 Bible (King James) Josh. vii. 12 Neither will I bee with you any more, except yee destroy the accursed from amongst you.

1749 L. Pilkington Mem. (new ed.) I. 285 This yellow slave! Will knit and break Religions; bless the Accurst.

1793 L. Booker Serm. Var. Subj. iii. 32 The different destinies of the Blessed and the Accursed are determined by their different conduct towards their needy fellow-creatures.

1814 R. Southey Roderick xii. 152 Swear that thy soul Will make no covenant with these accursed.

1898 Argosy Apr. 49 The foul talk and fouler oaths of the mariners around..so sickened me, making me feel as one cast out for ever into the company of the accursed.

1924 J. J. Robins tr. K. Stanislavsky My Life in Art xxii. 231 Judith, in a fit of indignation, throws herself, ecstatic with love, on the neck of the accursed and demonstratively proclaims her love for him.

1997 M. Wood In Footsteps of Alexander the Great (2001) iii. 98 The folk memory of Iran is divided over Alexander. Here he is both The Accursed and the Shah of Shahs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	accursed
释义	accursedadj.n. Brit. /əˈkəːsᵻd/, /əˈkəːst/, U.S. /əˈkərsəd/, /əˈkərst/ Forms: α. Middle English acorsed, Middle English acorsede, Middle English acursed, Middle English acursede, Middle English acursid, Middle English acurst, Middle English akursede, Middle English akursid; also Scottish pre-1700 acursit. β. 1500s accursyd, 1500s–1800s accurst, 1500s– accursed; also Scottish pre-1700 accurst, pre-1700 1900s– accursit. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accurse v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < accurse v. + -ed suffix¹. Now somewhat archaic and literary. A. adj. 1. That has been cursed; lying under a curse; doomed to perdition or misery. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > state or condition of being accursedc1225 banned1340 cursed1393 maledighta1400 remauldit?1473 condemned1543 execrable1557 devoted1611 execrated1660 maledicted1727 maledict1867 c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) l. 353 (MED) Ich hit am þet makede caym þe acursede [Royal þene acursede kaym] acwalde his broðer abel. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 22 Þu..ouercome..þe acursede gast. a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 709 (MED) Goþ now fforþ echon, Acorsede gostes, to þe ffur þat wiþouten ende is. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xxi. l. 97 And [Faith] calde hem [sc. the Jews] ‘caytifs a-corsed’ for þis was a vil vilanye. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxix. l. 453 Therfore Acursed schalt thow be thorwh-Owt Alle the Erthe ful sikerle, and the Erthe, A-corsed I wel it be do. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 5 Take you in this barberous Moore, This rauenous tiger, this accursed diuell. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Josh. xxii. 20 Did not Achan the sonne of Zerah commit a trespasse in the accursed thing? View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 51 Most accurst am I To be by oath enioyn'd to this. View more context for this quotation 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 174 A Wretch accurst, and hated by the Gods! 1829 T. Hood Dream Eugene Aram in Gem 1 116 [I] sought the black accursed pool With a wild misgiving eye. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Lett. 36 Thro' you, my life will be accurst. 1921 B. Tarkington Alice Adams xxi. 346 There came out of the southwest a heat like an affliction sent upon an accursed people. 1958 H. T. Wade-Grey Ess. in Greek Hist. 104 One house of tarnished nobility, the accursed Alkmeonid, had turned renegade and led the opposition. 1999 S. Heaney tr. Beowulf (2000) 96 The high-born chiefs..declared it [sc. treasure]..so accursed that those who robbed it would be guilty of wrong and grimly punished for their transgression. 2. Worthy of being cursed; damnable, detestable, hateful. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation stinking?c1225 misbegetc1325 banned1340 cursefula1382 wariablea1382 cursedc1386 biccheda1400 maledighta1400 vilea1400 accursedc1400 whoresona1450 remauldit?1473 execrable1490 infamous1490 unbicheda1500 jolly1534 bloodyc1540 mangy?1548 pagan1550 damned1563 misbegotten1571 putid1580 desperate1581 excremental1591 inexecrable?1594 sacred1594 putrid1628 sad1664 blasted1682 plagued1728 damnation1757 infernal1764 damn1775 pesky1775 deuced1782 shocking1798 blessed1806 darned1815 dinged1821 anointed1823 goldarn1830 darn1835 cussed1837 blamed1840 unholy1842 verdomde1850 bleeding1858 ghastly1860 goddam1861 blankety1872 blame1876 bastard1877 God-awful1877 dashed1881 sodding1881 bally1885 ungodly1887 blazing1888 dee1889 motherfucking1890 blistering1900 plurry1900 Christly1910 blinking1914 blethering1915 blighted1915 blighting1916 soddish1922 somethinged1922 effing1929 Jesus1929 dagnab1934 bastarding1944 Christless1947 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 pussyclaat1957 mother-grabbing1959 pigging1970 the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective] loatha700 eileOE andsetec1000 wlatfulc1230 aloathedc1275 wlatsomea1300 unhonest13.. wlata1325 hideousc1330 abominable1340 hatefula1382 hatesomea1382 abominablec1384 odiousa1387 fulsomec1390 accursedc1400 hatousc1400 rankc1400 hateablec1425 odiblec1425 ugsomec1425 wretchedc1430 loathsomec1440 loathfula1450 noisomea1450 abhominal1477 detestable1477 loathy1481 loathing?a1513 oppugnanta1513 irksome1513 hateworthy1548 abhorful1565 ugged1570 detestine1575 ulcerous1577 opposite1578 scandalous1592 offensive1594 obscene1597 ulcered1602 dirtya1616 abhorrent1628 toady1628 envious1630 repugnant1633 nauseating1645 nauseous1646 obnoxious1646 detestful1654 reluctant1663 horrid1666 abnoxious1682 devilish1692 invidious1710 repellent1776 repellant1780 sickening1789 toadish1822 carrion1826 ugging1839 cussed1853 repugnant1879 jerky1944 vomitous1952 barfy1957 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > wicked or accursed wariedc975 un-i-seliOE awariedc1000 curseda1400 manseda1400 accursedc1400 damned1563 sacred1594 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xx. l. 254 (MED) Acorsede þeoues..Sleehþ a man for hus noebles [perh. read meobles]. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. 27 Accursed vsurie was all his trade, And right and wrong ylike in equall ballaunce waide. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 71 The priuate wound is deepest: oh time, most accurst: 'Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst. View more context for this quotation 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 48. 308 That accursed Quality..or Disorder of the Mind, called Ambition. 1790 R. Burns Let. 11 Jan. (1985) II. 3 If once I were clear of this accursed farm, I shall respire more at ease. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xii. 353 I never saw the accursed trick performed. 1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 97 This accursed system of slavery. 1906 L. Woolf Let. 12 Dec. (1990) 122 What an accursed thing life is, great stretches of dull insensibility & then these unbearable bitternesses. a1956 A. M. Burrage Between Minute & Hour (1967) 34 You've got yourself into this state through sheer accursed loneliness. 1999 R. Tremain Music & Silence (2000) ii. 207 This accursed matter of Money is constantly on Christian's mind. B. n. An accursed person; (with plural agreement and chiefly with the) accursed people collectively. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > person or thing cursed accursed1340 curse1382 maledictc1460 execration1611 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 189 Guoþ, ye acorsede, in-to þe greate uere eurelestinde. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iii. iii. sig. pi Than these accursyd shall saye by admyracyon [etc.]. 1611 Bible (King James) Josh. vii. 12 Neither will I bee with you any more, except yee destroy the accursed from amongst you. 1749 L. Pilkington Mem. (new ed.) I. 285 This yellow slave! Will knit and break Religions; bless the Accurst. 1793 L. Booker Serm. Var. Subj. iii. 32 The different destinies of the Blessed and the Accursed are determined by their different conduct towards their needy fellow-creatures. 1814 R. Southey Roderick xii. 152 Swear that thy soul Will make no covenant with these accursed. 1898 Argosy Apr. 49 The foul talk and fouler oaths of the mariners around..so sickened me, making me feel as one cast out for ever into the company of the accursed. 1924 J. J. Robins tr. K. Stanislavsky My Life in Art xxii. 231 Judith, in a fit of indignation, throws herself, ecstatic with love, on the neck of the accursed and demonstratively proclaims her love for him. 1997 M. Wood In Footsteps of Alexander the Great (2001) iii. 98 The folk memory of Iran is divided over Alexander. Here he is both The Accursed and the Shah of Shahs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1225
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