accursed
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/əˈkɜː.sɪd/
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/əˈkɜː.sɪd/ (UK) · /əˈkɝ.sɪd/ (US)
Definition of accursed
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
“Accursed race of Tiriel. behold your father // Come forth & look on her that bore you. come you accursed sons.”
“Lo! they are charged with studying the accursed cabalistical secrets of the Jews, and the magic of the Paynim Saracens.”
“[…]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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adj
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Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
“Accursed race of Tiriel. behold your father // Come forth & look on her that bore you. come you accursed sons.”
“Lo! they are charged with studying the accursed cabalistical secrets of the Jews, and the magic of the Paynim Saracens.”
“[…]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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Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
“Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war”
“[…]—if any one, be he who he may, attempt to alter the faith once for all delivered, let him be accursed.”
“For at the very moment I become accursed, at that same highest moment, I become exactly like a heathen […]”
“We did not come here to waste words in treating with Sauron, faithless and accursed; still less with one of his slaves. Begone!”
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of accurse
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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.
Words you can make from accursed
171 playable · top: ACCRUED (12 pts)
Best play accrued 12 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
16 words5-letter words
44 words- CUSEC 9 pts
- ACRED 8 pts
- ARCED 8 pts
- CADES 8 pts
- CADRE 8 pts
- CARDS 8 pts
- CARED 8 pts
- CASED 8 pts
- CEDAR 8 pts
- CREDS 8 pts
- CRUDE 8 pts
- CRUDS 8 pts
- CURDS 8 pts
- CURED 8 pts
- DACES 8 pts
- DUCES 8 pts
- RACED 8 pts
- ACRES 7 pts
- ARCUS 7 pts
- CARES 7 pts
- CARSE 7 pts
- CAUSE 7 pts
- CRUSE 7 pts
- CURES 7 pts
- CURSE 7 pts
- ECRUS 7 pts
- ESCAR 7 pts
- RACES 7 pts
- SAUCE 7 pts
- SCARE 7 pts
- SCAUR 7 pts
- SERAC 7 pts
- SUCRE 7 pts
- DARES 6 pts
- DEARS 6 pts
- DRUSE 6 pts
- DURAS 6 pts
- DURES 6 pts
- RASED 6 pts
- READS 6 pts
- AURES 5 pts
- URASE 5 pts
- UREAS 5 pts
- URSAE 5 pts
4-letter words
60 words- CECA 8 pts
- ACED 7 pts
- CADE 7 pts
- CADS 7 pts
- CARD 7 pts
- CRED 7 pts
- CRUD 7 pts
- CUDS 7 pts
- CUED 7 pts
- CURD 7 pts
- DACE 7 pts
- DUCE 7 pts
- SCAD 7 pts
- SCUD 7 pts
- ACES 6 pts
- ACRE 6 pts
- ARCS 6 pts
- CARE 6 pts
- CARS 6 pts
- CASE 6 pts
- CRUS 6 pts
- CUES 6 pts
- CURE 6 pts
- CURS 6 pts
- ECRU 6 pts
- ECUS 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- RECS 6 pts
- SCAR 6 pts
- DARE 5 pts
- DEAR 5 pts
- DUES 5 pts
- DURA 5 pts
- DURE 5 pts
- RADS 5 pts
- READ 5 pts
- REDS 5 pts
- RUDE 5 pts
- RUED 5 pts
- SADE 5 pts
- SARD 5 pts
- SUED 5 pts
- SURD 5 pts
- URDS 5 pts
- USED 5 pts
- ARES 4 pts
- ARSE 4 pts
- EARS 4 pts
- ERAS 4 pts
- RASE 4 pts
- RUES 4 pts
- RUSE 4 pts
- SEAR 4 pts
- SERA 4 pts
- SUER 4 pts
- SURA 4 pts
- SURE 4 pts
- UREA 4 pts
- URSA 4 pts
- USER 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- CAD 6 pts
- CUD 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ARC 5 pts
- CAR 5 pts
- CRU 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUR 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- SAC 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- ADS 4 pts
- DAS 4 pts
- DUE 4 pts
- EDS 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- SAD 4 pts
- URD 4 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SAU 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
2-letter words
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