"accursed" meaning in English

See accursed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈkɜː.sɪd/ [UK], /əˈkɝ.sɪd/ [US] Audio: en-us-accursed.ogg , en-us-accursed-2.ogg Forms: more accursed [comparative], most accursed [superlative]
Etymology: * First attested in the early 13th century. * From Middle English acursed, from acursen (“to curse”), from Old English ācursian, from ā + cursen, from curs (“curse”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|acursed}} Middle English acursed, {{der|en|ang|ācursian}} Old English ācursian Head templates: {{en-adj}} accursed (comparative more accursed, superlative most accursed)
  1. (prenominal) Hateful; detestable, loathsome. Synonyms (hateful, detestable): execrable, damnable Translations (hateful): κατηραμένος (katēraménos) (Ancient Greek), κατάρατος (katáratos) (Ancient Greek), проклет (proklet) (Bulgarian), malbenita (Esperanto), kirottu (Finnish), mokoma (Finnish), fichu [also] (French), satanée (French), détestable (French), καταραμένος (kataraménos) [masculine] (Greek), επάρατος (epáratos) [masculine] (Greek), mallachtach (Irish), maldito (Portuguese), blestemat (Romanian), afurisit (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-accursed-en-adj-UWUC0wWo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 30 32 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 40 31 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 18 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 31 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 53 23 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 23 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 57 24 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 55 19 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 56 22 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 22 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 52 20 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 54 24 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 53 23 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 54 23 23 Disambiguation of 'hateful, detestable': 93 7 Disambiguation of 'hateful': 96 4
  2. (theology) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized. Categories (topical): Theology Translations (theology: cursed): κατάρατος (katáratos) (Ancient Greek), অভিশপ্ত (obhiśopto) (Bengali), শাপগ্রস্ত (śapogrosto) (Bengali), прокълнат (prokǎlnat) (Bulgarian), fordømt (Danish), kirottu (Finnish), maudit (French), επάρατος (epáratos) [masculine] (Greek), καταραμένος (kataraménos) [masculine] (Greek), επικατάρατος (epikatáratos) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-accursed-en-adj-3FL8szPS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with unexpected syllabic -ed, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 30 32 Disambiguation of English terms with unexpected syllabic -ed: 25 43 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 43 24 Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology Disambiguation of 'theology: cursed': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: accurst [13th C.] [obsolete] Derived forms: accursedly, accursedness, nonaccursed, unaccursed

Verb

IPA: /əˈkɜː.sɪd/ [UK], /əˈkɝ.sɪd/ [US] Audio: en-us-accursed.ogg , en-us-accursed-2.ogg
Etymology: * First attested in the early 13th century. * From Middle English acursed, from acursen (“to curse”), from Old English ācursian, from ā + cursen, from curs (“curse”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|acursed}} Middle English acursed, {{der|en|ang|ācursian}} Old English ācursian Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} accursed
  1. simple past and past participle of accurse Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: accurse
    Sense id: en-accursed-en-verb-3opTIlp5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 30 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: accurst [13th C.] [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Accursed race of Tiriel. behold your father // Come forth & look on her that bore you. come you accursed sons.",
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          "ref": "1819, Ivanhoe, Walter Scott, Chapter 35:",
          "text": "Lo! they are charged with studying the accursed cabalistical secrets of the Jews, and the magic of the Paynim Saracens.",
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          "ref": "1885, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 532:",
          "text": "[…]Alaeddin ate and drank and was cheered and after he had rested and had recovered spirits he cried, \"Ah, O my mother, I have a sore grievance against thee for leaving me to that accursed wight who strave to compass my destruction and designed to take my life. Know that I beheld Death with mine own eyes at the hand of this damned wretch, whom thou didst certify to be my uncle;[…]",
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          "text": "Accursed race of Tiriel. behold your father // Come forth & look on her that bore you. come you accursed sons.",
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          "text": "Lo! they are charged with studying the accursed cabalistical secrets of the Jews, and the magic of the Paynim Saracens.",
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          "ref": "1885, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 532:",
          "text": "[…]Alaeddin ate and drank and was cheered and after he had rested and had recovered spirits he cried, \"Ah, O my mother, I have a sore grievance against thee for leaving me to that accursed wight who strave to compass my destruction and designed to take my life. Know that I beheld Death with mine own eyes at the hand of this damned wretch, whom thou didst certify to be my uncle;[…]",
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          "ref": "1885, Charles Abel Heurtley, transl., The Commonitory of Vincent of Lérins, Chapter 8:",
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          "text": "1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, The Brothers Karamazov, Book III, Chapter 7,\nFor at the very moment I become accursed, at that same highest moment, I become exactly like a heathen […]"
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