Accursed
adjective
Something or someone that is very disliked or avoided.
She had to live with the burden of being the child of an accursed man.
Often appears as...
- accursed spot
- accursed day
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Used to express strong dislike or annoyance.
I can't get this accursed car to start!
Often appears as...
- accursed car
- accursed luck
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Something or someone that is very disliked or avoided.
She had to live with the burden of being the child of an accursed man.
Often appears as...
- accursed spot
- accursed day
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Used to express strong dislike or annoyance.
I can't get this accursed car to start!
Often appears as...
- accursed car
- accursed luck
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Tone
The word 'accursed' adds a historical or old-fashioned tone to your language.
The knights believed the forest was accursed.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Dramatic
'Accursed' is often used in literature to heighten drama or tragedy.
The accursed prophecy came to pass, dooming the kingdom.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoidance Implied
Using 'accursed' implies that the subject is being actively avoided or shunned.
He wouldn't touch the accursed gold, fearing its history.
Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Tone
The word 'accursed' adds a historical or old-fashioned tone to your language.
The knights believed the forest was accursed.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Dramatic
'Accursed' is often used in literature to heighten drama or tragedy.
The accursed prophecy came to pass, dooming the kingdom.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoidance Implied
Using 'accursed' implies that the subject is being actively avoided or shunned.
He wouldn't touch the accursed gold, fearing its history.
Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Tone
The word 'accursed' adds a historical or old-fashioned tone to your language.
The knights believed the forest was accursed.
Pro Tip 2/3Literary Dramatic
'Accursed' is often used in literature to heighten drama or tragedy.
The accursed prophecy came to pass, dooming the kingdom.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoidance Implied
Using 'accursed' implies that the subject is being actively avoided or shunned.
He wouldn't touch the accursed gold, fearing its history.
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Titan of terror: the...
Or the blind, idiot god Azathoth, whose destructive impulses are stalled only by the “maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.” These beings exist beyond our conceptions of reality, their true forms as inscrutable as their motives.
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Titan of terror: the...
Or the blind, idiot god Azathoth, whose destructive impulses are stalled only by the “maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.” These beings exist beyond our conceptions of reality, their true forms as inscrutable as their motives.
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Quote examples
John Sergeant Wise
American Author
This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was an accursed business, and that the sooner my people were relieved of it, the better.
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Munshi Premchand
Indian Writer
As long as the shackles of wealth and property bind us, we will remain accursed forever and never attain the altar of humanity, which is life's ultimate goal.
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Daniel Boone
American Explorer
May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!
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Virgil
Roman Poet
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.
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Lord George Gordon
British Politician
The mad, cruel, and accursed American war.
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Christopher Marlowe
English Dramatist
Accursed be he that first invented war.
Quote examples
John Sergeant Wise
American Author
This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was an accursed business, and that the sooner my people were relieved of it, the better.
Quote examples
Munshi Premchand
Indian Writer
As long as the shackles of wealth and property bind us, we will remain accursed forever and never attain the altar of humanity, which is life's ultimate goal.
Quote examples
Daniel Boone
American Explorer
May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!
Quote examples
Virgil
Roman Poet
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!
Quote examples
William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.
Quote examples
Lord George Gordon
British Politician
The mad, cruel, and accursed American war.
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Christopher Marlowe
English Dramatist
Accursed be he that first invented war.
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