Crossword clues for accurst
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Accursed \Ac*cursed"\, Accurst \Ac*curst"\, p. p. & a.
Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to
be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly
hateful; -- as, an accursed deed.
--Shak. -- Ac*curs"ed*ly,
adv. -- Ac*curs"ed*ness, n.
Wiktionary
(archaic spelling of accursed English) v
(past participle of accurse English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "accurst".
Evensong An Epitaph on a Goldfish Beauty Accurst To a Dead Friend Sunset in the City The City in Moonlight V.
North, aye, North, through a land accurst, shunned by the scouring brutes, And all I heard was my own harsh word and the whine of the malamutes, Till at last I came to a cabin squat, built in the side of a hill, And I burst in the door, and there on the floor, frozen to death, lay Bill.
Be he accurst in the waters of the flood that shall sweep his life sterile!
For these were the ruins of Andalar the Accurst, and no man cared to linger in this place.
They looked upon the ruins of Andalar the Accurst, and shivered from more than the rain.
She wrenched her own hand free from his and struck it backward against him, as Lester had struck at Richard, one gesture whether accurst or blest.
Ariosto sings: No doubt they are accurst and past all grace That dare to strike a damsel in the face, Or of her head to minish but a hair.
He Whose Name Is Taken Away: the Prince of Heaven of whom I spoke to you, whom mortals call Ranid the Thrice Accurst.
Be he accurst in the waters of the flood that shall sweep his life sterile!
They looked upon the ruins of Andalar the Accurst, and shivered from more than the rain.
Old Father Time Who seemed to halt in horror, when I stained my manhood by a crime, With steady step moves on again, And through the black appalling night, That walled me in a gloom accurst, The wonder of the morning light In sudden glory burst.
In this latter we get the solar symbolism introduced almost for the first time, for previously there has been little to suggest it but the twelve disciples, one of them a traitor and accurst, {188} which recall the twelve signs of the Zodiac which surround the Sun, one of them (Scorpio) being astrologically considered treacherous and fatal.