ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Accursed

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /əˈkɜː.sɪd/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Accursed is an adjective meaning (prenominal) Hateful; detestable, loathsome.

Meaning

(prenominal) Hateful; detestable, loathsome.

More Meanings

  1. (theology) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
  2. simple past and past participle of accurse

Example Sentences

Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war
[…]—if any one, be he who he may, attempt to alter the faith once for all delivered, let him be accursed.
For at the very moment I become accursed, at that same highest moment, I become exactly like a heathen […]
Accursed race of Tiriel. behold your father // Come forth & look on her that bore you. come you accursed sons.

Word Forms

Synonyms for accursed

Depending on context, synonyms include execrable, damnable, condemned, fey, ill-fated, cursed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cursed, maledict, curst, accurst, god-forsaken, godforsaken.

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