Meaning

2 senses
  1. Hateful; detestable, loathsome.

  2. Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.

More definitions
  • under a curse

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The idol of fear will survive in this accursed realm a thousand years.

    Ідол страху переживе в цьому проклятому царстві тисячу років.

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  2. Let us depart from this accursed place!

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  3. Don't say accursed things.

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  4. Oh, Vassili, what brings you to this accursed place?

    deAch, Vassili, was bringt dich denn an diesen verfluchten Ort?

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  5. And then the accursed Alexander burned and cast it away into the sea.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English acursed, from acursen (“to curse”), from Old English ācursian, from ā-

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

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Forms

more accursed, most accursed
Comparativemore accursed Lesson
Superlativemost accursed Lesson

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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