Imprecate

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. To invoke evil upon; curse.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
  • v. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
  • v. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To pray for; express a strong desire for; invoke: in a good sense.
  • Specifically To call down by prayer, as some evil upon an enemy, or in anger; invoke or express a malevolent desire for, as something evil.
  • To invoke a curse or evil upon; curse.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
  • v. utter obscenities or profanities
  • Verb Form
    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    invoke