imprecation

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noun

A denunciation invoking a wish or threat of evil or injury: anathema, curse, damnation, execration, malediction. Archaic malison. See words.

n

Definition: curse
Antonyms: bless

the act of cursing; to invoke evil upon

IN BRIEF: Curses.

The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death. — Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist.

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• Rhetoric and Figures of Speech - imprecation: curse

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forbandelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
vloek, het (ver)vloeken

Français (French)
n. - imprécation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verwünschung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναθεματισμός, κατάρα

Italiano (Italian)
imprecazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - imprecação (f)

Русский (Russian)
проклятие

Español (Spanish)
n. - imprecación, maldición, reniego

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (nedkallande av) förbannelse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
祈求, 诅咒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 祈求, 詛咒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 방자, 저주

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 祈ること, 呪い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لعن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קללה‬

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