ac|curs´ed|ly

ac|curs´ed|ly
ac|curs|ed «uh KUR sihd, -KURST», adjective.
1. that deserves to be cursed; annoying and troublesome; hateful; detestable: »

Colonel Sibthorpe…prayed that hail and lightning might descend from heaven on the accursed thing (Lytton Strachey).

 SYNONYM(S): execrable, damnable.
2. under a curse; doomed: »

And the city shall be accursed (Joshua 6:17).

 SYNONYM(S): ill-fated.
–ac|curs´ed|ly, adverb.
–ac|curs´ed|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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