accursed
UK/əˈkɜː.sɪd//əˈkɝ.sɪd/
accursed adjective: hateful; detestable, loathsome. Also the simple past and past participle of accurse.
Adjective
accursed (comparative more accursed, superlative most accursed)
- Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
- Accursed race of Tiriel. behold your father // Come forth & look on her that bore you. come you accursed sons.c. 1789, William Blake, Tiriel
- Lo! they are charged with studying the accursed cabalistical secrets of the Jews, and the magic of the Paynim Saracens.1819, Ivanhoe, Walter Scott, Chapter 35
- Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
- Accurſt be he that firſt inuented warc. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- […]—if any one, be he who he may, attempt to alter the faith once for all delivered, let him be accursed.1885, Charles Abel Heurtley, transl., The Commonitory of Vincent of Lérins, Chapter 8
Also used as
accursed is also the simple past and past participle of accurse.
accursed meaning in Bengali
accursed in Bengali
- theology: cursed
- অভিশপ্ত obhiśopto, শাপগ্রস্ত śapogrosto
Examples of accursed in a sentence
- For at the very moment I become accursed, at that same highest moment, I become exactly like a heathen […]1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, chapter 7, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Brothers Karamazov, Book III, translation of original in Russian:
- We did not come here to waste words in treating with Sauron, faithless and accursed; still less with one of his slaves.1955, J.R.R. Tolkien, chapter 10, in The Return of the King, Book V:
Synonyms of accursed
Forms of accursed
| comparative | more accursed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most accursed |
| alternative form (obsolete) | accurst |
Origin of accursed
From Middle English acursed, from acursen (“to curse”), from Old English ācursian, from ā- + cursian, from curs (“curse”). First attested in the 13th century.
Words formed from accursed
Phrases with accursed
Questions about accursed
- What does accursed mean?
- Accursed means hateful; detestable, loathsome.
- What is accursed in Bengali?
- Accursed in Bengali is অভিশপ্ত (obhiśopto), শাপগ্রস্ত (śapogrosto). See Accursed meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use accursed in a sentence?
- For at the very moment I become accursed, at that same highest moment, I become exactly like a heathen […]
- What part of speech is accursed?
- Accursed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce accursed?
- Accursed is pronounced /əˈkɜː.sɪd/ (UK).
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