What do accursed mean

I am not such a fool! The governor has never held up his head from that evening, and now the life has been crushed out of him and his heart broken, all through this accursed Hudson. God knows that there is ground for my terrible fear in this accursed place! Oxen and wain-ropes would not bring me back again to that accursed island; and the worst dreams that ever I have are when I hear the surf booming about its coasts or start upright in bed with the sharp voice of Captain Flint still ringing in my ears: Pieces of eight!

Double-click any word on the page to look it up in the dictionary. Context examples If he whom you mourn still lived, still would he be the object, again would he become the prey, of your accursed vengeance. Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Open their bleared lids and look on your own accursed senselessness! Woodrow Wilson figures prominently in The Accursed as the beleaguered president of Princeton.

There is a sub-theme in The Accursed of medical history and its bizarre fads and ministrations. The bond of marriage seemed an accursed thing, the mere slavery of women. Principal or agent, my decision, Doctor, is irrevocable—I refuse to serve your accursed ends further. So this was the accursed one who had done the hellish deed, and it was human folly that had caused this demoniacal explosion.

Iftikhar Eddauleh is of that accursed brotherhood amongst the infidels—the Ismaelians. First Known Use of accursed 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1. Learn More About accursed. Time Traveler for accursed The first known use of accursed was in the 13th century See more words from the same century. Statistics for accursed Look-up Popularity. Style: MLA. English Language Learners Definition of accursed.

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