English Explanatory Dictionary

accursed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
  2. Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of accurse

Pronunciation

/əˈkɜː.sɪd/ /əˈkɝ.sɪd/ en-us-accursed.ogg en-us-accursed-2.ogg

Word forms

accursed more accursed most accursed accurst

Etymology

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

Synonyms

execrable damnable condemned fey ill-fated accursed cursed sunk cussed damned dead meat doomed done finished lost sentenced undone

Derived words

accursedly accursedness nonaccursed unaccursed
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