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accursed adjective [ əˈkəːsɪd ]

• under a curse.
• "the Angel of Death walks this accursed house"
Similar: cursed, under a curse, damned, doomed, condemned, ill-fated, ill-omened, jinxed, wretched, blighted, anathematized,
Opposite: blessed,
• used to express strong dislike of or anger at someone or something.
• "this accursed country!"
Similar: hateful, detestable, loathsome, foul, abominable, damnable, odious, obnoxious, despicable, execrable, horrible, horrid, ghastly, awful, dreadful, terrible, annoying, irritating, infuriating, exasperating, damned, damn, blasted, beastly, pesky, pestilential, infernal, blimming, scurvy, loathly,
Opposite: pleasant, nice,
Origin: Middle English: past participle of accurse.

accurse verb

• put a curse on; curse.
• "we accurse them by the authority of the court of Rome"
Origin: Middle English: from a- (expressing intensity) + curse.


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