| VERB | communication | bedamn, curse, beshrew, damn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | wish harm upon |
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| Meaning | wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | curse, beshrew, damn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | |
| Broader | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic |
| Opposite | bless | Give a benediction to |
| Spanish | maldecir, maldición | |
| Catalan | maleir | |
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