accursed

[ uh-kur-sid, uh-kurst ]

adjective

1. under a curse; doomed; ill-fated.
2. damnable; detestable.

accursed

/ əˈkɜːst; əˈkɜːst; əˈkɜːsɪdlɪ; əˈkɜːsɪd /

adjective

1. under or subject to a curse; doomed
2. prenominal hateful; detestable; execrable

Derived Forms

• acˈcursedness, noun
• accursedly, adverb

Other Words From

• ac·curs·ed·ly [uh, -, kur, -sid-lee], adverb
• ac·cursed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of accursed¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of accursed¹

Old English ācursod, past participle of ācursian to put under a curse

Example Sentences

That could be considered preaching meaning you would be “accursed” – Translation:  Denied service.

From The Daily Beast

You wrote a draft of The Accursed in the early 1980s, then abandoned it.

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Her new novel, The Accursed, is the fifth in her series of Gothic novels that began in 1980 with Bellefleur.

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Woodrow Wilson figures prominently in The Accursed as the beleaguered president of Princeton.

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There is a sub-theme in The Accursed of medical history and its bizarre fads and ministrations.

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The bond of marriage seemed an accursed thing, the mere slavery of women.

From Project Gutenberg

Principal or agent, my decision, Doctor, is irrevocable—I refuse to serve your accursed ends further.

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So this was the accursed one who had done the hellish deed, and it was human folly that had caused this demoniacal explosion.

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Iftikhar Eddauleh is of that accursed brotherhood amongst the infidels—the Ismaelians.

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Then the deed at Cefalu—and that accursed child Eleanor still remains to drive me wild with her moans and her sorrow.

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