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Definition of malediction in English English dictionary
- A curse
- Evil speech
- the calling down of a curse or curses
- {n} a curse, execration, imprecation
- a wish that something bad will happen to someone = curse (maledictio, from maledicere )
- \mal-uh-DIK-shun\, noun: A curse or execration
- {i} curse, imprecation; act of making a curse; slander
- the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"
- A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; opposed to benediction
- Daawessu
- maledict
- accursed, cursed
- maledict
- To curse
- maledict
- To berate
- maledict
- {s} accursed, doomed, ill-fated, damned; under a curse
- maledict
- Accursed; abominable
- maledict
- {f} beshrew, imprecate, curse, wish evil on someone or something, invoke evil upon
- maledictions
- plural of malediction
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malediction
Hyphenation
mal·e·dic·tionSynonyms
anathema, commination, curse word, cuss, cuss word, damn, damnation, damning, darn, denunciation, dirty name, dirty word, execration, expletive, four-letter wordAntonyms
blessingPronunciation
Etymology
() From Latin maledictio, curse, literally evil speech, from malus, evil, + dictio, noun of action from perfect passive participle dictus, from verb dicere, speak.Resimler
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