HyperDic: beshrew

English > 1 sense of the word beshrew:
VERBcommunicationbeshrew, curse, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledictwish harm upon
English > beshrew: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaningwish harm upon; invoke evil upon.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonymscurse, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
Broaderraise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forthSummon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
OppositeblessGive a benediction to
Spanishmaldecir, maldición
Catalanmaleir

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