imprecate

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verb

1. wish harm upon;
invoke evil upon (Freq. 1)
- The bad witch cursed the child
• Syn:
curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize,
anathemise, maledict
• Ant:
bless (for: curse)
• Derivationally related forms:
malediction (for: maledict), imprecation, damnatory (for: damn), damnation (for: damn), curse (for: curse)
• Hypernyms:
raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke,
stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. utter obscenities or profanities
- The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
• Syn:
curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear
• Derivationally related forms:
swearer (for: swear), swearing (for: swear), cuss (for: cuss), curse (for: curse)
• Hypernyms:
express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
• Verb Group:
blaspheme
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, maledict