accurse
/əˈkɜːs/US/əˈkɝs/
accurse verb: to damn; to wish misery or evil upon.
Verb
accurse (third-person singular simple present accurses, present participle accursing, simple past accursed, past participle accursed or (archaic) accurst)
- To damn; to wish misery or evil upon
- And the city shall be accursed.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 6:17
- Thro' you, my life will be accurst.1855, Alfred Tennyson, “The Letters”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 117
- Synonyms:
- curse, execrate, anathematize
accurse meaning in Bengali
accurse in Bengali
- অভিশাপ দেওয়া, নিন্দা করা
Synonyms of accurse
Forms of accurse
| third-person singular present | accurses |
|---|---|
| present participle | accursing |
| past | accursed |
| past participle | accursed |
| past participle (archaic) | accurst |
Origin of accurse
From Middle English acursen, acoursen, acorsen, from Old English acursian; equivalent to a- + curse.
Words formed from accurse
Words that rhyme with accurse
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- purse
- worse
- -verse
- coerce
- converse
- excurse
- immerse
- multiverse
- obverse
- terce
- terse
- amerce
- asperse
- herse
- neurodiverse
- perse
- reimburse
- transverse
- a blessing and a curse
- absterse
- costotransverse
- demerse
- disburse
- Erse
- intertransverse
- megadiverse
- murse
- nontransverse
- pretransverse
- public purse
- recurse
- renverse
- sperse
- submerse
- subtransverse
- thurse
Questions about accurse
- What does accurse mean?
- Accurse means to damn; to wish misery or evil upon.
- What is accurse in Bengali?
- Accurse in Bengali is অভিশাপ দেওয়া, নিন্দা করা. See Accurse meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is accurse?
- Accurse is a verb.
- How do you pronounce accurse?
- Accurse is pronounced /əˈkɜːs/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of accurse?
- The past tense of accurse is accursed.
Words near accurse in the dictionary
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