| 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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