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ac·curs·ed
(ə-kûr′sĭd, ə-kûrst′) also ac·curst (ə-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 ā-) + Old English cursian, to cursefrom curs, curse).]
ac·curs′ed·ly adv.
ac·curs′ed·ness n.
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accursed
(əˈkɜːsɪd; əˈkɜːst) oraccurst
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 adv
acˈcursedness n
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ac•curs•ed
(əˈkɜr sɪd, əˈkɜrst)also ac•curst
(əˈkɜrst)adj.
1. under a curse.
2. damnable.
ac•curs′ed•ly, adv.
ac•curs′ed•ness, n.
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accursed
adjective
1. hateful, offensive, disgusting, horrible, revolting, obscene, vile, foul, repellent, obnoxious, despicable, repulsive, heinous, hellish, odious, repugnant, loathsome, abhorrent, abominable, execrable, detestable He said that it was about time he left that accursed woman.
hateful good, beautiful, wonderful, attractive, charming, pleasant, desirable, lovable, likable or likeable
hateful good, beautiful, wonderful, attractive, charming, pleasant, desirable, lovable, likable or likeable
2. damned, condemned, ruined, unhappy, unfortunate, doomed, cursed, lost, unlucky, hopeless, undone, bewitched, jinxed, bedevilled, luckless, infernal, wretched, ill-omened, anathematized, ill-fated How could a life marked by such love be so accursed?
damned favoured, lucky, charmed, blessed, fortunate
damned favoured, lucky, charmed, blessed, fortunate
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accursed
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Translations
كَرِيهمَلْعُون
hanebnýmizernýprokletý
forbandetfordømthadefuldondsindet
kirottu
gyûlöletes
andstyggilegurbölvaîur
nekenčiamasprakeiktas
nolādētspretīgsriebīgs
lânetlenmişlânetlinefret edilenuğursuz
accursed
(o.f.) accurst (o.f.) [əˈkɜːst] ADJ (liter) → maldito; (= ill-fated) → infausto, desventuradoaccursed be he who ...! → ¡maldito sea quien ...!, ¡mal haya quien ...!
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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accursed
, accurstadj
(inf: = hateful) → verwünscht
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accursed
(əˈkəːsid) adjective1. under a curse.
2. hateful.
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