How do you pronounce accursed?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈkɝ.sɪd/.

Where does accursed come from?

It is traced to Middle English. First known use: First attested in the 13th century.

accursed

/əˈkɝ.sɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: ac-cursed
IPA: /əˈkɝ.sɪd/

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Meaning

adj

Hateful; detestable, loathsome.

adj

Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.

verb

simple past and past participle of accurse

Example Sentences

"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;[…]"
"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 […]"

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English
First known use: First attested in the 13th century

Word Breakdown

Root: acursed, ācursian

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈkɝ.sɪd/
British English: /əˈkɜː.sɪd/

Inflected Forms

more accursed (comparative) most accursed (superlative) accurst (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

accursedly accursedness nonaccursed unaccursed

Synonyms

execrable damnable condemned fey ill-fated accursed cursed star-crossed sunk cussed damned dead meat

Rhymes With

first worst burst reversed cursed thirst dispersed immersed versed coerced interspersed hurst