Imprecation
[ɪmprɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɪmprɪ'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); 'he suffered the imprecations of the mob'.
(noun.) a slanderous accusation.
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Definition
(n.) The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Invocation (of evil).[2]. Curse, malediction, execration, denunciation, anathema.
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Examples
- Your master, said her husband, muttering an imprecation with slow emphasis, will break your neck if you meddle with wot don't concern you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As weak as water,' replied Mr. Sikes, with an imprecation on his eyes and limbs. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- While the reddleman was grasping the stakes Wildeve seized the dice and hurled them, box and all, into the darkness, uttering a fearful imprecation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He gnashed his teeth with rage, tore the hair from his head, and assailed with horrid imprecations the men who had been intrusted with the writ. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Sikes, invoking terrific imprecations upon Fagin's head for sending Oliver on such an errand, plied the crowbar vigorously, but with little noise. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The last I saw of him, his head was bent over his knee and he was working hard at his fetter, muttering impatient imprecations at it and at his leg. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The Indians had by this time discovered that I was alone and I was pursued with imprecations, arrows, and rifle balls. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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