accursed

  • 11accursed — /əˈkɜsəd / (say uh kersuhd), /əˈkɜst / (say uh kerst) adjective 1. subject to a curse; ruined. 2. worthy of curses; detestable: the accursed system of slavery. 3. Colloquial designating the object of one s anger or frustration: the accursed car… …

  • 12accursed — or accurst adjective Etymology: Middle English acursed, from past participle of acursen to consign to destruction with a curse, from a (from Old English ā, perfective prefix) + cursen to curse more at abide Date: 13th century 1. being under or as …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13accursed — ac|curs|ed [əˈkə:sıd, əˈkə:st US ə:r ] adj [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: curse] 1.) [only before noun] formal used to show that something makes you very angry 2.) old use someone who is accursed has had a ↑curse put on them …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14accursed — adjective 1 (only before noun) formal very annoying and causing you a lot of trouble 2 old use someone who is accursed has had a curse 2 (2) put on them …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15accursed — UK [əˈkɜː(r)sɪd, əˈkɜː(r)st] / US [əˈkɜrsəd] / US [əˈkɜrst] adjective 1) [only before noun] old fashioned very annoying 2) literary an accursed person has a curse on them …

    English dictionary

  • 16Accursed Lands — Infobox VG title = Accursed Lands MUD developer = Various engine = MudOS released = 1996 genre = MMORPG, MUD modes = Multiplayer platforms = OS Independent requirements = Telnet connectionAccursed Lands (AL) is a free MUD that has been online… …

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  • 17accursed share —    by Paul Hegarty   The numerous but brief references made by Baudrillard to Bataille s concept of the accursed share hardly do justice to the vital role the idea plays in the former s work. The accursed share plays the same role in Bataille as… …

    The Baudrillard dictionary

  • 18accursed — accursedly /euh kerr sid lee/, adv. accursedness, n. /euh kerr sid, euh kerrst /, adj. 1. under a curse; doomed; ill fated. 2. damnable; detestable. Also, accurst /euh kerrst /. [bef. 1000; ME acursed, OE acursod, ptp. of acursian. See A 3,… …

    Universalium

  • 19accursed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. damned, execrable. See badness, imprecation.Ant., blessed. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Detestable] Syn. hateful, loathsome, abhorrent; see offensive 2 . 2. [Doomed] Syn. ill fated, cursed, damned;… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 20accursed — ac|curs|ed [ ə kɜrsəd, ə kɜrst ] adjective 1. ) LITERARY used for describing someone who has a CURSE on them 2. ) only before noun OLD FASHIONED used for describing someone or something that is annoying you very much …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English