Beshrew

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Archaic To invoke evil upon; curse.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
  • v. A mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation, in the form of the imperative.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To curse; to execrate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To wish a curse to; execrate.
  • In modern use, a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation, in the form of the imperative.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
  • Verb Form
    beshrewed    beshrewing    beshrews   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    conjure    call down    evoke    stir    raise    bring up    arouse    conjure up    invoke    put forward   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    curse    execrate