Imprecation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of imprecating.
  • n. A curse.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.
  • n. A curse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of imprecating or invoking evil; a malediction; a prayer or expressed wish that a curse or calamity may befall some one.
  • n. Synonyms Curse, Execration, etc. See malediction.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a slanderous accusation
  • n. the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    accusal    accusation    curse    execration    condemnation   
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    anathema    execration    curse    malediction   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blasphemy    malediction    profanity    sob    exclamation    yell    clamor    snarl    oath    curse