# accursed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əˈkɜː.sɪd/ · frequency rank #44,594

## Definitions
1. Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
2. Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.

## Etymology
From Middle English acursed, from acursen (“to curse”), from Old English ācursian, from ā- + cursen, from curs (“curse”). First attested in the 13th century.

## Easily confused with
- **accuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accursed-vs-accuse)
- **accused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accursed-vs-accused)
- **accuses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accursed-vs-accuses)
- **accuser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accursed-vs-accuser)
- **accrued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accrued-vs-accursed)
- **accessed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accessed-vs-accursed)
- **accorded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accorded-vs-accursed)

## Common misspellings (10)
`accrused`, `accuresd`, `accurrsed`, `accursde`, `accursedd`, `accurssed`, `accusred`, `acucrsed`, `acursed`, `cacursed`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/accursed