VERB | communication | beshrew, curse, damn, bedamn, 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, damn, bedamn, 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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