Accursed

//əˈkɝ.sɪd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of accurse form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Hateful; detestable, loathsome.

    "Accursed race of Tiriel. behold your father // Come forth & look on her that bore you. come you accursed sons."

  2. 2
    Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.

    "Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war"

Adjective
  1. 1
    under a curse wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
damnedabominableabysmalaccurstbloodybloody

Example

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"The "holy" book must be called by its real name: accursed book. The words "god", "saviour" and "saint" are insults and denote a criminal."

Etymology

From Middle English acursed, from acursen (“to curse”), from Old English ācursian, from ā- + cursen, from curs (“curse”). First attested in the 13th century.

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