VERB | communication | imprecate, curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, maledict | wish harm upon |
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communication | imprecate, curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear | utter obscenities or profanities |
Meaning | wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, 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 | |
Nouns | imprecation | the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) |
Meaning | Utter obscenities or profanities. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear | |
Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to | articulate |
Similar to | blaspheme | speak of in an irreverent or impious manner |
Spanish | blasfemar, imprecar, jurar, maldecir, renegar |
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