Meanings
present singular third person accurses · participle present accursing · past accursed · participle past accursed · archaic participle past accurst
- To damn; to wish misery or evil upon
And the city shall be accursed.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 6:171 more example
Thro' you, my life will be accurst.
1855, Alfred Tennyson, “The Letters”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 117Synonyms: curse, execrate, anathematize
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo damn; to wish misery or evil upon
More synonyms by meaning
verbcurse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishacursian
- Middle Englishacursen
- Englishaccurse
From Middle English acursen, acoursen, acorsen, from Old English acursian; equivalent to a- + curse.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian проклинам
- проклинам (proklinam)to devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize
Dutch vervloeken
- vervloekento devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize
Finnish kirota
- kirotato devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize
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Cite this entry
accurse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accurse
“accurse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accurse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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