accursed

American  

[uh-kur-sid, uh-kurst] / əˈkɜr sɪd, əˈkɜrst /

Also accurst

adjective

1. under a curse; doomed; ill-fated.

2. damnable; detestable.

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accursed British  

/ əˈkɜːst, əˈkɜːst, əˈkɜːsɪdlɪ, əˈkɜːsɪd /

adjective

1. under or subject to a curse; doomed

2. (prenominal) hateful; detestable; execrable

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Other Word Forms

• accursedly adverb
• accursedness noun

Etymology

Origin of accursed

First recorded before 1000; Middle English acursed, Old English ācursod, past participle of ācursian; a- ³, curse

Example Sentences

It is “at once an accursed and a sacred place,” American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2022

That sounded apt for a planet of accursed and hurled clubs, but it didn’t fit Thursday at Royal St. George’s, where almost everybody liked their club faces.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2021

Perhaps like those other accursed malefactors, you will refuse responsibility.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2020

To read the play, to follow Oedipus’ trajectory from first of men to accursed outcast, is to confront the paradox of humanity’s breathtaking majesty and inescapable frailty.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2020

He had not seen them bringing the girl in, but then he hadn't spent the whole day watching that accursed village.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke