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or accurst
as in blasted
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
the video store is charging another accursed late fee
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Recent Examples of accursed
Must be able to play an accursed whalebone lyre while consuming five sticks of unsalted butter.
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Keaton Patti, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
The others have tried to forget all about it, and have managed to put some distance between themselves and their accursed hometown.
—New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
Then from each black, accursed mouth The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on Earth, goodwill to men!
—Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2017
Earlier this year the accursed Queen Elizabeth of England imposed Protestantism on her wretched subjects, who are now deprived of the consolation of the sacraments.
—Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2017
And the Republican establishment, which loathes him, eggs them on, hoping to be rid of their mad, accursed priest.
—John Kass, Twin Cities, 1 June 2017
Keaton Patti, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
The others have tried to forget all about it, and have managed to put some distance between themselves and their accursed hometown.
—New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
Then from each black, accursed mouth The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on Earth, goodwill to men!
—Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2017
Earlier this year the accursed Queen Elizabeth of England imposed Protestantism on her wretched subjects, who are now deprived of the consolation of the sacraments.
—Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2017
And the Republican establishment, which loathes him, eggs them on, hoping to be rid of their mad, accursed priest.
—John Kass, Twin Cities, 1 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accursed
Adjective
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The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
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When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears.Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Euphoria has been plagued by cursed timelines from the start.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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Something tells me that if this was what the Beast showed Belle instead of his massive library, his cursed employees would still be sleeping in cupboards.Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Christ and his angels battled for your salvation, while the Devil and his many demonic spirits sought to trick and tempt, to pull you into their infernal kingdom.James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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The stake, with the hooded heretic, the black man or the witch attached to it, is the burning tree and body of the infernal world.John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Adjective
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Taken together, the two drove home a damnable fact about America in 2022: That virulent pus coursing through the souls of Mississippi racists in 1955 still flows and has been reconstituted in the despicable figure of Donald J. Trump and the people who follow him.Keith L. Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 17 Nov. 2022
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Wordle two steps faster than the damnable robot.Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
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“Accursed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accursed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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