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2. careful, meticulous, punctilious, scrupulous, conscientious; particular, finical, finicky, picky, fussy; minute, detailed, thorough, nice; scientific, mathematical, severe, strict, rigorous.
accursed, adj.1. doomed, Brit. Dial,
fey, damned, cursed, curse-laden, condemned, anathematized, Ar' chaic.
maledict; bedeviled, bewitched, hoodooed, voodooed, hexed; star-crossed, ill-fated, foredoomed; unsanctified, unblest, unholy, unconsecrated, unhallowed; ruined, undone, blighted, ravaged, despoiled; miserable, unfortunate, stricken, woeful, wretched, unhappy; desolate, woebegone, forlorn, abandoned.
2. damnable, diabolic, devilish, fiendish, satanic, demonic, demoniac, demoniacal, infernal, hellish; execrable, abominable, horrible, horrid, hideous, atrocious; base, vile, odious, obnoxious, wicked, sinful, iniquitous, evil, black-hearted, corrupt, depraved, villainous, sinister; reprobate, nefarious, flagitious, heinous; abhorrent, revolting, repulsive, repugnant, foul, rotten, offensive, loathsome, nauseous, nauseating; pernicious, pestilential, noxious, deadly, fell; malign, menacing, baleful, invidious, injurious, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, rancorous; hateful, detestable, despicable, infamous.
accusation, n.1. charge, Law.gravamen, indictment, Law.true bill, Law.plaint, Law.complaint, citation, summons; incrimination, crimination, recrimination, denunciation, Scot. and North Eng. threap; implication, inculpation, informing against, Chiefly Scot.delation; blaming, accusing; (all in reference to wrongdoing) imputation, attribution, ascription, assignment, allegation.
2. reproach, slur, innuendo, insinuation, animadversion, criticism; censure, rebuke, reproof, arraignment, reprehension.
accuse, v. 1. charge, indict, Law.arraign, Law. impute, incriminate, criminate, recriminate, impeach, Rare,
implead; denounce, implicate, (of an innocent person) Inf.
frame, inculpate, inform against, Chiefly Scot.delate; cite, summon, serve with a summons or with papers, sue, libel, Law.prosecute; litigate, file charges, Inf.take it or[s.o.] to court.
2. blame, SI.stick orpin [s.t.] on [s.o.], hold [s.o.] accountable orresponsible, lay at [s.o.'s] door, finger, point the finger at [s.o.], Chiefly Scot.wite; (all in reference to culpability)
allege, ascribe, attribute, assign, impute, lay.
3. fault, find fault with, censure, upbraid, reproach, rebuke, reprehend; reprove, tax, take to task, call to account; assail, revile, impugn, call into question; stigmatize, brand, gibbet, asperse, cast aspersions on, malign, slander, defame, vilify; attack, inveigh against, rail against, declaim against.
accuser, n.incriminator, criminator, recriminator, impeacher, charger, denouncer, Chiefly Scot.delator; informer, stool pigeon, SI.fink, SI.rat; blamer, assail-er, attacker, reviler; adversary, opponent, opposer;y4// Law.plaintiff, prosecutor, petitioner, suitor, libelant.
accustom, v. 1. familiarize, acquaint, expose to; make used to, habituate, naturalize, domesticate; break in, train, drill, ingrain, make routine, discipline; harden, toughen, inure, season, temper, anneal.
2. adapt, acclimate, acclimatize, get used to, become familiar with, Inf.learn the ropes, SI.get the hang of, become acquainted with.
accustomed, adj.1. customary, habitual, set, fixed, rooted, established, traditional, consuetudinary, confirmed; usual, wonted, regular, daily, routine, normal, natural; ordinary, conventional, everyday, commonplace; general, prevailing, prevalent, common, frequent; well-known, popular, favorite, household; stock, well-worn, trite, hackneyed, cliche.
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