Accursed
[ə'kɜːsɪd;ə'kɜːst] or [ə'kɝsɪd]
Definition
(p. p. & a.) Alt. of Accurst
Inputed by Andre
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Cursed, unsanctified, unholy.[2]. Detestable, execrable, hateful, abominable, odious, horrid, horrible, damnable.
Checker: Sumner
Examples
- But it's the lady, Mary--Mary Fraser--for never will I call her by that accursed name. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I'm sick of the beloved paSt.' 'Not so sick as I am of the accursed present,' he said. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- To these pangs were added the loss of Perdita, lost through my own accursed self-will and conceit. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Then you condemn me to live wretched and to die accursed? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The accursed was already under the carriage with some half-dozen particular friends, pointing out the chain with his blue cap. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I tell you that there never was a shadow between us until this accursed affair began. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Open their bleared lids and look on your own accursed senselessness! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The accursed Syria Dea! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You were a cannonier that day there, and you were among the first to enter the accursed fortress when it fell. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- This cursed business, accursed of God and man, what is it? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And what else should be the lot of thy accursed race? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Accursed be he of Goodalricke, who baited this trap for me! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Oh, the accursed cruelty of these inhuman persecutors! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Accursed assassin! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- How am I to get through the next four or five accursed months? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They only of the citizens may not touch it, or be under the same roof with it, or drink from it; it is the accursed thing. Plato. The Republic.
- Daughter of an accursed race! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Checker: Sumner