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[ uh-kur-sid, uh-kurst ] / əˈkɜr sɪd, əˈkɜrst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR accursed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveunder a curse; doomed; ill-fated. damnable; detestable. Also ac·curst [uh-kurst]. /əˈkɜrst/. Origin of accursedbefore 1000; Middle English acursed,Old English ācursod, past participle of ācursian.See a-3, curse OTHER WORDS FROM accursedac·curs·ed·ly [uh-kur-sid-lee], /əˈkɜr sɪd li/, adverbac·curs·ed·ness, nounWords nearby accursedaccumulator, Accupril, accuracy, accurate, accurize, accursed, accus., accusal, accusation, accusatival, accusative Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for accursedThat could be considered preaching meaning you would be “accursed” – Translation: Denied service. Arizona’s Pro-Discrimination Law Won’t Stop With Gays|Dean Obeidallah|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST You wrote a draft of The Accursed in the early 1980s, then abandoned it. The Devil and Woodrow Wilson: An Interview With Joyce Carol Oates|Jane Ciabattari|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Her new novel, The Accursed, is the fifth in her series of Gothic novels that began in 1980 with Bellefleur. The Devil and Woodrow Wilson: An Interview With Joyce Carol Oates|Jane Ciabattari|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Woodrow Wilson figures prominently in The Accursed as the beleaguered president of Princeton. The Devil and Woodrow Wilson: An Interview With Joyce Carol Oates|Jane Ciabattari|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There is a sub-theme in The Accursed of medical history and its bizarre fads and ministrations. The Devil and Woodrow Wilson: An Interview With Joyce Carol Oates|Jane Ciabattari|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Marriage, even nominal marriage, with Nevile was the accursed thing: none of it. Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett Yes, and I have reason to believe that there is plotting and conniving between the Empress and the accursed Christian sect. Valeria|William Henry Withrow I am their master, and not one of the accursed Carbonari can escape me. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851|Various My soul recoils from the bare idea of pronouncing my own accursed name! Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf|George W. M. Reynolds The letter described the Bible Society as “an infernal society,” and referred in passing to “its accursed fecundity.” The Life of George Borrow|Herbert Jenkins
British Dictionary definitions for accursedaccursedaccurst (əˈkɜːst)
adjectiveunder or subject to a curse; doomed (prenominal) hateful; detestable; execrable Derived forms of accursedaccursedly (əˈkɜːsɪdlɪ), adverbaccursedness, nounWord Origin for accursedOld English ācursod, past participle of ācursian to put under a curse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to accursedcondemned, doomed, damned, hexed, bedeviled, done for, ill-fated, star-crossed, unfortunate |