accursed

Everyday

1. Under a curse, or cursed by magic. tree →
2. (old use) Hateful, wicked or wretched. tree →

In the lessons

in fairy tales, a cruel person or creature under a spell, or a voice cursing its own bad luck

Examples

• The accursed witch turned the prince into a frog. tree →
• "Accursed genie!" cried the old man. tree →
• The accursed dragon guarded the gold for many years. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Here it means set apart for destruction, like the idolatrous things called "devoted" (cherem); a person who keeps them becomes as forbidden as the thing itself.

Interpretation. The tradition reads this as a warning that keeping an idol's gold or silver brings the idol's doom into the home, so such things must be destroyed.

Examples

• And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and be accursed like unto it; thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing. (Torah DEU.7.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed by taking of the devoted thing, so should ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it. (Prophets JOS.6.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies, they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed; I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. (Prophets JOS.7.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man, that hath not filled his days; for the youngest shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. (Prophets ISA.65.20, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths