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Accursed

//əˈkɝ.sɪd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
"Accursed race of Tiriel. behold your father // Come forth & look on her that bore you. come you accursed sons."
2
Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
"Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war"

Adjective

1
under a curse wordnet

Verb

1
simple past and past participle of accurse form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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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