accursed
Verb
- curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
- simple past and past participle of accurse
Adjective Satellite
- under a curse
Adj
- Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
- Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
Adjective
- Placed under a curse; ill-fated.
Examples
- That accursed blank tile remained in his rack for the entire game.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
accurse, accurst, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate, maledict, damnable, execrable
Scrabble Score: 13
accursed: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordaccursed: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
accursed: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary