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accursed

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ac·curs·ed  (-kûrsd, -kûrst) also ac·curst (-kûrst)
adj.
1. Abominable; hateful: this accursed mud.
2. Being under a curse; doomed.

[Middle English acursed, past participle of acursen, to put a curse on : a-, intensive pref. (from Old English -) + Old English cursian, to curse (from curs, curse).]

ac·cursed·ly adv.
ac·cursed·ness n.

accursed [əˈkɜːsɪd əˈkɜːst], accurst [əˈkɜːst]
adj
1. under or subject to a curse; doomed
2. (prenominal) hateful; detestable; execrable
[Old English ācursod, past participle of ācursian to put under a curse]
accursedly  [əˈkɜːsɪdlɪ] adv
accursedness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.accursed - under a curseaccursed - under a curse                        
cursed, curst - deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"

accursed
Translations
accursed (o.f.) accurst (o.f.) [əˈkɜːst] ADJ (liter) → maldito; (= ill-fated) → infausto, desventurado
accursed be he who ...!¡maldito sea quien ...!, ¡mal haya quien ...!

accursed [əˈkɜːrsɪd] adj
(old-fashioned) (= damned) → maudit(e)
(literary) (= cursed) → maudit(e)

accursed, accurst
adj
(inf: = hateful) → verwünscht
(old, liter: = under a curse) to be accursedunter einem Fluch or bösen Zauber stehen

accursed
adj accursed [əˈkəːsid]
1 under a curse. vervloek مَلْعُون прокълнат prokletý forbandet; fordømt verflucht καταραμένος maldito neetud نفرین شده kirottu maudit מְקוּלַל घृणित proklet átkozott terkutuk bölvaður (sem bölvun hvílir á) maledetto のろわれた 저주할 prakeiktas nolādēts sumpahan vervloekt forbannet, fordømt przeklęty amaldiçoado blestemat проклятый prekliaty preklet, zavržen proklet förbannad, fördömd น่ารำคาญ lânetlenmiş, lânetli 被詛咒的 проклятий, клятий ملعون ، بد قسمت đáng nguyền rủa
2 hateful. verfoeilik كَرِيه омразен hanebný, mizerný hadefuld; ondsindet verflucht απαίσιος, μισητός execrable, reprobable vastik منفور kirottu exécrable אָרוּר नफरत mrzak gyűlöletes penuh kebencian andstyggilegur detestabile いやな 몹시 싫은 nekenčiamas pretīgs; riebīgs kebencian vervloekt hatefull, ondsinnet nienawistny maldito nenorocit ненавистый hanebný, mizerný ostuden mrzak fördömlig, avskyvärd ซึ่งมีเจตนาร้าย uğursuz, nefret edilen 可惡的 ненависний, огидний قابلِ نفرت ، نہایت برا đáng ghét


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For one of these accursed creatures was the First of January, and the other the Twenty-fifth of December.
I am certain of it, and it is as true as that I was born to die, that these accursed books of chivalry he has, and has got into the way of reading so constantly, have upset his reason; for now I remember having often heard him saying to himself that he would turn knight-errant and go all over the world in quest of adventures.
There may be powers that are not malignant traveling this accursed road.
 
 
 
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