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(ə-kûr'sĭd, ə-kûrst') pronunciation also ac·curst (ə-kûrst')
adj.
  1. Abominable; hateful: this accursed mud.
  2. Being under a curse; doomed.

[Middle English acursed, past participle of acursen, to put a curse on : a-, intensive pref. (from Old English ā-) + Old English cursian, to curse (from curs, curse).]

accursedly ac·curs'ed·ly adv.
accursedness ac·curs'ed·ness n.

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adjective

    So annoying or detestable as to deserve condemnation: blasted, blessed, bloody, confounded, cursed, damn, darn, execrable, infernal. Informal blamed, damned. Chiefly British blooming, ruddy. See like/dislike.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fordømt, ulyksalig, uheldsvanger

Nederlands (Dutch)
vervloekt

Français (French)
adj. - maudit, détestable, exécrable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verflucht

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - καταραμένος, αναθεματισμένος

Italiano (Italian)
maledetto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - amaldiçoado, condenado, detestável

Русский (Russian)
проклятый, ненавистный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - maldito

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förbannad, avskyvärd

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
受诅咒的, 不幸的, 讨厌的, 可恶的, 交恶运的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 受詛咒的, 不幸的, 討厭的, 可惡的, 交惡運的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 저주 받은, 골치 아픈

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - のろわれた, いまいましい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بغيض, كريه, ملعون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ארור, מקולל, שגורלו נחרץ, מתועב (מדוברת)‬


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