English > maledict: 2 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate |
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| 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 |
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| Opposite | bless | Give a benediction to |
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| Spanish | maldecir, maldición |
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| Catalan | maleir |
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| Nouns | malediction | the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) |
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