Definition
The quality or state of being cursed, damned, or marked by extreme misfortune and evil.
Etymology
From accursed plus the suffix -ness. This compound evolved in Middle English as people needed a noun form to describe the abstract quality of being under a curse.
Kelly Says
In medieval and Renaissance thinking, accursedness wasn't just bad luck—it was a spiritual condition, a cosmic mark that set you apart, which made it a powerful concept in literature and theology!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አንገት (anget)
an-get
ARالعربية
لعنة (la'anah)
lah-ah-nah
BNবাংলা
শাপ (shaap)
sha-ap
CACatalà
maledicció
mah-leh-dee-thee-oh
CSČeština
prokletí
proh-kleh-tee
DADansk
forbandelse
for-ban-deh-leh
DEDeutsch
Verfluchung
fer-floo-khung
ELΕλληνικά
สาป (saap)
saap
ESEspañol
maldición
mah-dee-thee-ohn
FAفارسی
لعنت (la'anat)
lah-ah-nat
FISuomi
k Référence
khuh-reh-ten-seh
FRFrançais
malédiction
mah-leh-dee-syohn
HEעברית
קללה (k'lallah)
klah-lah
HIहिन्दी
शाप (shaap)
sha-ap
IDBahasa Indonesia
kutukan
koo-too-kan
ITItaliano
maledizione
mah-leh-dee-thee-oh-neh
KKKK
қабілетсіздік (qabiiletsidik)
qah-bee-let-see-dik
KMKM
ប្រកាន់ (prakaen)
prah-ka-en
MSBahasa Melayu
sumpahan
su-mpah-an
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွန်တော် (kyuntaw)
kyun-taw
NONorsk
forbannelse
for-ban-nel-seh
PLPolski
przekleństwo
przesh-klen-shto
PTPortuguês
maldição
mah-dee-thsao
RORomână
lecnire
leh-chee-neh-reh
RUРусский
проклятие (proklyatie)
proh-klyah-tee-eh
SLSlovenščina
prekletstvo
SVSvenska
förbannelse
for-ban-nel-seh
SWKiswahili
laana
lah-ah-nah
TAதமிழ்
சாபம் (saapam)
sa-a-pam
TEతెలుగు
శాపం (shaapam)
sha-a-pam
UKУкраїнська
прокляття (proklyattya)
proh-klyah-t-tyah
URاردو
لعنت (la'anat)
lah-ah-nat
VITiếng Việt
lời nguyền
lo-ree noo-yen
ZH中文
诅咒 (zǔzhòu)
zuh-zhow