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Recent Examples of accursed 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 Must be able to play an accursed whalebone lyre while consuming five sticks of unsalted butter. Keaton Patti, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 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
  • Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series.
    Ian Stokes, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Her ballerina background, however, is fairly extraneous, even with De Armas made to stare solemnly at that blasted music box during her rare moments of rest.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • The series follows a Louvre art restorer who uncovers a cursed Mesopotamian mask tied to the storm god Baal Phegor, drawing her into a web of disappearances and dark secrets.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Lip readers knew exactly what Mahomes was saying to Hutchison, even though NBC Sports’ cameras cut away before the Chiefs quarterback finished his sentence (and cursed).
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Again, the idea of the freaking Crimson Tide celebrating a win over Vandy is just as bizarre as Vandy being in a big game to begin with.
    Jason Kirk, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Some accredited investors have 'no freaking clue' Even investors who already qualify as accredited could welcome, and benefit from, such a test, experts say.
    Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The infernal noise was an equal opportunity terrifier — frightening both men and women.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 Oct. 2025
  • His infernal fantasies connect to Riley’s haunted autobiographies, her family photos rewoven into monumental weavings.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Our Sunday Hot Button Top 10 notes column brings you what’s on our minds, locally and nationally but from a Miami perspective and accentuating stuff that’s big, weird, damnable, funny or otherwise worth needling as the sports week just past pivots to the week ahead.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
  • Drawing the line isn’t easy, and the damnable thing is that standards change from generation to generation.
    Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Accursed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accursed. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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