əˈkərs, -kə̄s also aˈ- transitive verb
( accursed ; accursed see accursed ; or accurst ; accursing ; accurses )
Etymology: alteration (influenced by such words as accord, account ) of Middle English acursen, from a- (from Old English ā-, perfective prefix) + cursen to curse — more at abide , curse
: to consign to destruction, misery, or evil by a curse : anathematize — now used chiefly as past part.
looked upon her as a thing accursed — Charles Kingsley