accursed
/əˈkɝ.sɪd/adjective, verb
accursed is spelled A-C-C-U-R-S-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, accursed means “Hateful; detestable, loathsome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in accursed?
| Letters | 8: A-C-C-U-R-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is accursed?
Accursed appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce accursed?
- UK /əˈkɜː.sɪd/
- US /əˈkɝ.sɪd/
Accursed has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-accursed.ogg, En-us-accursed-2.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with accursed?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as accursed from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹsɪd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of accursed
- more accursed comparative
- most accursed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does accursed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
- 2
Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of accurse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Accursed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fichu, satanée, détestable , maudit |
| Portuguese | maldito |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does accursed come from?
From Middle English acursed, from acursen (“to curse”), from Old English ācursian, from ā- + cursian, from curs (“curse”). First attested in the 13th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).