Malediction
[,mælɪ'dɪkʃ(ə)n]
Definition
(n.) A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.
Checker: Walter
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Curse, denunciation, execration, imprecation, anathema, fulmination, ban.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BENEDICTION]
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Definition
n. evil-speaking: a calling down of evil: curse: execration or imprecation.—adjs. Maledict′ory imprecatory; Maledikt′ accursed.
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Examples
- But still the disappointed father held a strong lever; and Fred felt as if he were being banished with a malediction. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Shall I not bestow a malediction on every other of nature's offspring, which dares live and enjoy, while I live and suffer? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No wonder that the attendant should interpret as phrensy the harrowing maledictions of the grief-struck old man. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He knew his family were starving, and he dared not go out into the streets for fear of the maledictions of his neighbors. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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