Definition for AC-CURS'ED

AC-CURS'ED, pp. [or a.]

  1. Doomed to destruction or misery. The city shall be accursed. – John vi.
  2. Separated from the faithful; cast out of the church; excommunicated. I could wish myself accursed from Christ. – St. Paul.
  3. Worthy of the curse; detestable; execrable. Keep from the accursed thing. – Josh. vi. Hence,
  4. Wicked; malignant in the extreme.

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