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The mad, cruel, and accursed American war.
Lord George Gordon

Meaning of "accursed" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACCURSED

Old English ācursod, past participle of ācursian to put under a curse.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ACCURSED

accursed  [əˈkɜːsɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCURSED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Accursed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ACCURSED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of accursed in the English dictionary

The definition of accursed in the dictionary is under or subject to a curse; doomed. Other definition of accursed is hateful; detestable; execrable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACCURSED


cercopithecid
ˌsɜːkəʊpɪˈθiːsɪd
cursed
ˈkɜːsɪd
deuced
ˈdjuːsɪd
lucid
ˈluːsɪd
mucid
ˈmjuːsɪd
pellucid
pɛˈluːsɪd
raucid
ˈrɔːsɪd
scolecid
skəʊˈliːsɪd
Seleucid
sɪˈluːsɪd
semipellucid
ˌsɛmɪpɛˈluːsɪd
translucid
trænzˈluːsɪd
ursid
ˈɜːsɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACCURSED

accumulative
accumulatively
accumulativeness
accumulator
accuracies
accuracy
accurate
accurately
accurateness
accurse
accursedly
accursedness
accurst
accusable
accusably
accusal
accusant
accusation
accusatival
accusative

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACCURSED

addorsed
arsed
be arsed
dispersed
emersed
half-arsed
hersed
immersed
interspersed
rat-arsed
smartarsed
submersed
tight-arsed
unrehearsed
unreversed
untraversed
unversed
versed
well-rehearsed
well-versed

Synonyms and antonyms of accursed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ACCURSED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «accursed» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of accursed

Translation of «accursed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACCURSED

Find out the translation of accursed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of accursed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «accursed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

被诅咒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maldito
570 millions of speakers

English

accursed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शापित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرجيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проклятый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maldito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিশপ্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maudit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terkutuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verfluchten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

のろわれた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kacilakan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dể ghét
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சபிக்கப்பட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शापित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lanetli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maledetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przeklęta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проклятий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blestemat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταραμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ban
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fördömda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forbannede
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of accursed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCURSED»

The term «accursed» is regularly used and occupies the 78.270 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCURSED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about accursed

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4 QUOTES WITH «ACCURSED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word accursed.
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Daniel Boone
May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!
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Lord George Gordon
The mad, cruel, and accursed American war.
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Christopher Marlowe
Accursed be he that first invented war.
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John Sergeant Wise
This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was an accursed business, and that the sooner my people were relieved of it, the better.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCURSED»

Discover the use of accursed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to accursed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Accursed
An utterly fresh work from Oates, The Accursed marks new territory for the masterful writer.
Joyce Carol Oates, 2013
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Accursed
Accursed is the first book of a trilogy (Accursed, Underbelly, Eidolon) exploring occultism amongst the Greatest Generation.Cover illustration by Douglas Mullen.
G. Johanson, 2010
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The accursed share: an essay on general economy
The three volumes of The Accursed Share address what Georges Bataille sees as the paradox of utility: namely, if being useful means serving a further end, then the ultimate end of utility can only be uselessness.
Georges Bataille, Robert Hurley, 1993
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A Deed So Accursed: Lynching in Mississippi and South ...
A comprehensive study of lynching in Mississippi and South Carolina, A Deed So Accursed reveals the economic and social circumstances that spawned lynching and explores the interplay between extralegal violence and political and civil ...
Terence Finnegan, 2013
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Ghosts of Albion: Accursed
Based on the smash BBC Web series that took England by storm, Ghosts of Albion is a horror adventure laced with dark humor and darker lusts. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Christopher Golden, Amber Benson, 2005
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Accursed Inhabitant
Most of our mistakes stem from a lack of sufficient knowledge and assumptions that we might have made Louis Hamilton Beyond Torrances serene beauty lies an old secret that has been feeding for centuries.
Muna Salem, Suad Salem, 2005
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The Poisoned Crown (The Accursed Kings, Book 3)
“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.
Maurice Druon, 2014
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A most accursed religion: when a trauma becomes God
"Despite its title, this book is not about theology.
Greg Mogenson, 2005
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The Accursed Mountains: Journeys in Albania
Travelling by bus, on foot, by mule and horse, staying with Albanians in their houses and crumbling Stalinist tower blocks, Robert Carver meets Vlach shepherds and village intellectuals, ex-Communist Special Forces officers and juvenile ...
Robert Carver, 1999
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The Strangled Queen (The Accursed Kings, Book 2)
“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.
Maurice Druon, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCURSED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term accursed is used in the context of the following news items.
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Many people have followed the diet for weight loss systems in specific life stage (a comparison between the accursed famous Systems). «Standard Republic, Jul 15»
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Be part of the reading to find joy in a book
We are in an accursed age where people are long in conversation on their mobiles, buildings are growing very tall, there's much of a heigh-ho ... «New Straits Times Online, Jul 15»
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American actor Richard Gere says 'there will be a Tibetan Spring …
In April, the Tibetan government-in-exile accursed China of abducting the 11th Panchen Lama, appointed prior to the candidate selected by ... «Shanghaiist, Jul 15»
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Depression can be cured with bitter pill of truth
Corrupt politicians are their own worst enemy - an 'accursed brood'. They are scum of the earth and deserve our harshest criticism. Greece is ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
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One man's sports bucket list
The Chicago Cubs winning the World Series — Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein already freed one accursed franchise from ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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Stage review: 'Brewed' stirs up trouble for six troubled sisters
... Three Weird Sisters had doubled their company, been granted modern makeovers and traded in their cauldron for an accursed pot. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
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Lowering the Gaze: Summer Combat!
... is: A`oothu billahi as-ami` al-`aleemi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem (I seek the refuge of Allah the Hearer, the Knower, from Satan the accursed.). «Onislam.net, Jul 15»
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Short story, deep impact
At one place she watches a woman, sitting near the body of her martyred son, shouting, “May he be accursed and the womb that bore him. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Oedipus Debt: The Greek Financial Tragedy
The same accursed land where the derivative sorcerers come from? SOOTHSAYER: It is either that or the GU, my lord. The IMF may lend us the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Miriam Lord's Italia '90 - the best of times, the best of fun
And still a few years to go before the accursed Celtic Tiger loped into town licking its lips and dazzled an idiot class of self-regarders into ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»

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