Used as a vague epithet connoting intense disgust and contempt. Now only colloquial.

= misbegotten, adj.

Cursed.

Fraught with a curse or curses.

Deserving of cursing; execrable.

Used intensively in expression of hatred, dislike, vexation, etc.: Execrable, detestable, abominable, ‘damned’, ‘confounded’.

Precise meaning unknown: in general the sense ‘Cursed, execrable, shrewed,’ suits the context.

Cursed, accursed. Also as n.: an accursed person, spec. the Devil. Cf. maledict, adj. n.

Used as an intensive emphasizing some bad quality or condition; †also, heavy, severe.

Worthy of being cursed; damnable, detestable, hateful.

Contemptible, detestable, worthless, vile, abominable. In weakened sense, used playfully or humorously to express familiarity, affection…

Accursed, damned.

Of persons and things: Deserving to be execrated or cursed; abominable, detestable.

Deserving of infamy; of shameful badness, vileness, or abominableness; of a character or quality… of persons, etc.

Apparently = bicched, adj.

ironically. (Cf. ‘pretty’, ‘fine’, Sc. ‘bonny’.)

colloquial. As an intensifier: absolute, downright, utter. Formerly sometimes in a negative sense: awful, terrible. More recently also as a mere…

figurative. Beggarly, mean, ‘lousy’, contemptible.

In extended use: immoral, spiritually lacking; uncivilized, backward, savage.

Lying under, or worthy of, a curse; accursed, damnable, execrable. Obsolete except as in 4, or as a conscious extension of 2.

Used as a term of abuse or contempt.

Morally or intellectually corrupt or worthless; base, foul, loathsome; = putrid, adj. 4. Now rare.

Of things (and persons): Despaired of, given up as hopeless; whose recovery is past hope; incurable, irretrievable, irreclaimable. desperate debt, a…

figurative (cf. excrement, n.1 3).

In quot. 1594, a misprint for inexorable; in quot. 1600, Folios 3 and 4, and some modern editions have inexorable; but some would retain inexecrable…

Accursed. Now rare.

figurative. Corrupt, decadent; rotten; loathsome, unpleasant. Also (colloquial) as a general term of disparagement: contemptible; dreadful, useless.

Used as a general expression of censure, depreciation, or regret. Originally: exceptionally bad, deplorable, shameful. Later (also): unfortunate…

Cursed, damned. In low language as an expression of reprobation and hatred. Also used adverbially.

= plaguey, adj. 2. Also occasionally as adv.: = plaguily, adv.

In profane use. as adj. or adv. = ‘Damned’.

colloquial. As a term of strong execration or condemnation: ‘Confounded’, execrable, detestable.

= damned, adj. 4a. See also damfool, n. damn all: see all, adj. pron.n. adv.conj. phrases 34.

Confounded; annoying, disagreeable; abominable, hateful.

Plaguy, confounded; ‘devilish’; expressing impatient dislike, or as a mere emphatic expletive.

‘Shockingly’ bad, ‘execrable’.

Euphemistically or ironically used for ‘cursed’ or the like.

attributive. = damned, adj. 4.

As an intensifier, originally as a euphemism for damned (see damned, adj. n.adv.). Cf. dashed, adj. 3 ding, v.1 13.

Chiefly English regional, Irish English, and Scottish. Of a person: cursed, damned; depraved, thoroughly bad; utter. Cf. nointed, adj. 2.

Used for emphasis, especially to express annoyance or amazement. Cf. darn, adj., goddam, adj.

‘Blessed’, ‘confounded’. Also absol.

Chiefly U.S. Used as an intensifier: confounded, damned. Cf. cursed, adj. 3a.

= blasted, adj. 3.

colloquial. Awful, dreadful. (Cf. ungodly, adj. 3.)

Damned, infernal.

A substitute for bloody, adj. 8 (and bloody, adv. 2). low slang.

colloquial. Said hyperbolically of persons or things objectionable on various grounds: Shocking, ‘frightful’.

Originally U.S. Used for emphasis, especially to express anger or frustration: accursed, damnable, wretched; = goddamned, adj. 1.

Of or like a blanket.

dialect and U.S. Used as an imprecation. as adj. = blamed, adj..

colloquial. Used as an intensifier, typically expressing annoyance, contempt, hostility, etc., on the part of the speaker. Cf. sense A. 2.

Extremely bad or unpleasant, terrible.

slang or colloquial. A euphemism for ‘damned’ (see dash, v. 11). Also adv., deucedly, confoundedly.

Used as an intensifier. Later also as a simple filler, with little or no intensifying force (although generally implying some element of dislike…

As a vague intensive (usually as a euphemism for bloody): confounded, dashed, blasted. Cf. absoballylutely at absolutely, int. 2.

colloquial. Outrageous, dreadful.

Used as a substitute for a profane epithet.

= damned, adj. 4.

Despicable, obnoxious, contemptible, damnable. Used esp. as an intensifier.

Used as a substitute for a strong expletive. slang.

Confounded, cursed; = bloody, adj. 8.

colloquial. Dreadful, awful, terrible. Frequently as an intensifier, expressing anger, frustration, dislike, etc. Cf. Christless, adj. 2.

Used as a substitute for a strong expletive. slang.

= blinking, adj. 4. Cf. blithering, adj. colloquial.

Used as a mild substitute for blasted, adj. 3. slang.

= blighted, adj. 2. slang.

Characteristic of or resembling a sod (sod, n.3, chiefly in sense 2a); disgraceful, awful; irritating, annoying.

= fucking, adj. 2.

Used as an intensifier, typically expressing annoyance or frustration: damned, wretched, bloody.

= darn, adj. Cf. doggone, adj.

Used as an intensifier, typically expressing annoyance, contempt, hostility, etc., on the part of the speaker. Cf. bloody, adj. 8a, sodding, adj.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). Dreadful, awful, terrible. Frequently as an intensifier, expressing anger, annoyance, dislike, etc. Cf. Chr…

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) (euphemistic). = motherfucking, adj.

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). euphemistic. = motherfucking, adj.

A despicable or contemptible person; frequently as a term of abuse. Also as int.

An intensifying adjective, frequently used euphemistically as a mild expletive: flipping, blinking.