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单词 accursed
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Definition of accursed in English:

accursed

adjective əˈkəːstəˈkəːsɪd
literary
  • 1Under a curse.

    〈诗/文〉受诅咒的

    the Angel of Death walks this accursed house

    死神在这受诅咒的屋子里徘徊。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Heartbreak and violence follow the camp as part of a sad, accursed tradition.
    • Robinson told Doyle the tale about an accursed hound howling on Dartmoor and they went there to investigate.
    • For example, Kate lost her brother, so she was the only one in her accursed family left surviving.
    • The damned and accursed are convicted to the flames of hell.
    • My hope is that sufficient pressure will come about to halt the nefarious practices occurring in that accursed place.
    • I am accursed, and any who sees my face shares that curse.
    • ‘You Scotland,’ wrote Perlin, ‘would have been put to the torch, your country spoilt and ruined by the English, the accursed of all Creation.’
    • With the help of an uncultured druid, he must destroy an accursed object in order to avert disaster and save his own life.
    • He is of the Great Old Ones… not the accursed Elder Gods!
    • The range of subject matter is equally impressive, covering not just ghosts but all manner of paranormal apparitions: werewolves, vampires, accursed demons and the like.
    • With the Dwarves' votes, Sauron hoped to win some of the Shire seats on the Grand Council, thereby negating any seats the accursed Men might win with Elf preferences elsewhere in Middle Earth
    • His mind was informed and illuminated: Jesus was not, as he had thought, accursed, but was the Lord.
    • Born as a result of a curse, she lives an accursed, wasteful, unproductive life of pain and loneliness, and dies in loneliness and in intolerable agony.
    • She is the goddess of the accursed and the damned.
    • It's like that fairy tale where vipers and toads jump out of the mouth of the accursed mean little girl when she tries to speak.
    • He must also save the last surviving member of an accursed royal family.
    • ‘In Africa,’ he writes, ‘it is synonymous with unhappiness, with being accursed.’
    • She plays Brenda, now a teacher who is stalked by an accursed videotape.
    Synonyms
    cursed, under a curse, damned, doomed, condemned, ill-fated, ill-omened, jinxed, wretched, blighted
  • 2attributive Used to express strong dislike of or anger at someone or something.

    〈非正式,旧〉可恶的;该死的

    this accursed country!

    这该死的国家!

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The accursed mobile phone has done what I often wished it would, and disappeared.
    • Their article on Ireland is an interesting one but it is in that accursed PDF format so I have posted some extracts here.
    • Just this week I spent a few hours shuttling between Amazon and their accursed recommendations and my library to see what was available to borrow.
    • I don't think parents would have trouble discerning if this accursed for-profit school is providing an education to create good citizens.
    • I like to watch films with a fresh eye so only read enough of the review to know things were looking bad before renting the accursed thing.
    • Seemingly every time that I saw a shirt I liked, closer examination would reveal yet another pair of accursed short sleeves.
    • People rely so much on these accursed contraptions, they have become joined at the hip.
    • Bloggers block, the accursed affliction affects the best of us.
    • Unlike a regular record store, this accursed thing never closes.
    • And so to the accursed chicken house and run and the fifth day of construction.
    • I don't know if it works, or whether it is in an appropriate RSS version, but it was free, and didn't require me to do any work other than find my accursed BlogStreet password.
    • The reason this thanks is in this separate post is because every time I add just one more sentence to the post below, I get the accursed long post error.
    • After all that, I've got through Easter with all my fingers and thumbs (despite the gloomy accident surveys) and I reckon there are only a few decades to go before I finish this accursed job.
    • Then they went home and played the accursed thing, and second-hand shops nationwide braced themselves for the deluge.
    • She wants to know what is wrong with her father, who, in typical Castillian fashion, snaps at her that just because he cannot remember some accursed book does not mean he is sick.
    • They're on a great overtime rate, they're being put up in decent hotels and have got a week away from the accursed paperwork.
    • Many thanks must go then to Thomas Edison for ruining the whole hibernation ideal with his accursed light-bulbs.
    • But the last time we had car troubles was six years ago, almost to the day, when the transmission on my accursed Volkswagen Golf fell out on the Carmarthen by-pass.
    • This article is one of those accursed PDF files but if you have a high-speed connection it may be worth reading.
    • The hurling goalkeeper is, indeed, an accursed species.
    • I decided I would scrap the accursed shed - then realised I did not know how to dismantle it and, if I managed that, how to dispose of it.
    Synonyms
    hateful, detestable, loathsome, foul, abominable, damnable, odious, obnoxious, despicable, execrable, horrible, horrid, ghastly, awful, dreadful, terrible
    annoying, irritating, infuriating, exasperating
    informal damned, damn, blasted, beastly, pesky, pestilential, infernal
    British informal blimming
    archaic scurvy, loathly

Origin

Middle English: past participle of accurse.

Rhymes

burst, curst, erst, first, headfirst, Hurst, thirst, under-rehearsed, unrehearsed, unversed, verst, worst, wurst

Definition of accursed in US English:

accursed

adjective
literary
  • 1Under a curse.

    〈诗/文〉受诅咒的

    the Angel of Death walks this accursed house

    死神在这受诅咒的屋子里徘徊。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She is the goddess of the accursed and the damned.
    • For example, Kate lost her brother, so she was the only one in her accursed family left surviving.
    • I am accursed, and any who sees my face shares that curse.
    • With the Dwarves' votes, Sauron hoped to win some of the Shire seats on the Grand Council, thereby negating any seats the accursed Men might win with Elf preferences elsewhere in Middle Earth
    • The range of subject matter is equally impressive, covering not just ghosts but all manner of paranormal apparitions: werewolves, vampires, accursed demons and the like.
    • Robinson told Doyle the tale about an accursed hound howling on Dartmoor and they went there to investigate.
    • Born as a result of a curse, she lives an accursed, wasteful, unproductive life of pain and loneliness, and dies in loneliness and in intolerable agony.
    • His mind was informed and illuminated: Jesus was not, as he had thought, accursed, but was the Lord.
    • ‘You Scotland,’ wrote Perlin, ‘would have been put to the torch, your country spoilt and ruined by the English, the accursed of all Creation.’
    • ‘In Africa,’ he writes, ‘it is synonymous with unhappiness, with being accursed.’
    • He must also save the last surviving member of an accursed royal family.
    • The damned and accursed are convicted to the flames of hell.
    • It's like that fairy tale where vipers and toads jump out of the mouth of the accursed mean little girl when she tries to speak.
    • She plays Brenda, now a teacher who is stalked by an accursed videotape.
    • My hope is that sufficient pressure will come about to halt the nefarious practices occurring in that accursed place.
    • With the help of an uncultured druid, he must destroy an accursed object in order to avert disaster and save his own life.
    • He is of the Great Old Ones… not the accursed Elder Gods!
    • Heartbreak and violence follow the camp as part of a sad, accursed tradition.
    Synonyms
    cursed, under a curse, damned, doomed, condemned, ill-fated, ill-omened, jinxed, wretched, blighted
  • 2attributive Used to express strong dislike of or anger toward someone or something.

    〈非正式,旧〉可恶的;该死的

    those accursed books!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I like to watch films with a fresh eye so only read enough of the review to know things were looking bad before renting the accursed thing.
    • I don't know if it works, or whether it is in an appropriate RSS version, but it was free, and didn't require me to do any work other than find my accursed BlogStreet password.
    • The hurling goalkeeper is, indeed, an accursed species.
    • Bloggers block, the accursed affliction affects the best of us.
    • Seemingly every time that I saw a shirt I liked, closer examination would reveal yet another pair of accursed short sleeves.
    • Then they went home and played the accursed thing, and second-hand shops nationwide braced themselves for the deluge.
    • But the last time we had car troubles was six years ago, almost to the day, when the transmission on my accursed Volkswagen Golf fell out on the Carmarthen by-pass.
    • Just this week I spent a few hours shuttling between Amazon and their accursed recommendations and my library to see what was available to borrow.
    • She wants to know what is wrong with her father, who, in typical Castillian fashion, snaps at her that just because he cannot remember some accursed book does not mean he is sick.
    • And so to the accursed chicken house and run and the fifth day of construction.
    • They're on a great overtime rate, they're being put up in decent hotels and have got a week away from the accursed paperwork.
    • Unlike a regular record store, this accursed thing never closes.
    • After all that, I've got through Easter with all my fingers and thumbs (despite the gloomy accident surveys) and I reckon there are only a few decades to go before I finish this accursed job.
    • Their article on Ireland is an interesting one but it is in that accursed PDF format so I have posted some extracts here.
    • The reason this thanks is in this separate post is because every time I add just one more sentence to the post below, I get the accursed long post error.
    • Many thanks must go then to Thomas Edison for ruining the whole hibernation ideal with his accursed light-bulbs.
    • The accursed mobile phone has done what I often wished it would, and disappeared.
    • I decided I would scrap the accursed shed - then realised I did not know how to dismantle it and, if I managed that, how to dispose of it.
    • This article is one of those accursed PDF files but if you have a high-speed connection it may be worth reading.
    • I don't think parents would have trouble discerning if this accursed for-profit school is providing an education to create good citizens.
    • People rely so much on these accursed contraptions, they have become joined at the hip.
    Synonyms
    hateful, detestable, loathsome, foul, abominable, damnable, odious, obnoxious, despicable, execrable, horrible, horrid, ghastly, awful, dreadful, terrible

Origin

Middle English: past participle of accurse.

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