to imprecate

Examples

• All

• During the argument, she loudly imprecated him, wishing he would fail in all his endeavors.

• Epidemics came and went, imprecated by both but touched by neither.

  Blog text (28)

• "Very quiet now," Field imprecated in a fierce whisper.

  Fiction book (1990)

• In a moment of anger, she imprecated her neighbor for constantly making noise at night.

• He imprecated a curse on the team that lost the important game.

Synonyms

C

to curse

vsto imprecate

244 4.8

To wish harm on someone using magic

is the more neutral dictionary term for that same spoken wishing

D

to damn

vsto imprecate

• Offensive

207 7.6

To wish bad things to happen to someone by calling on a magic power

is the general word used for wishing harm not only invoking powers

B

to beshrew

vsto imprecate

• Archaic

1 9.9

To wish bad things to happen to someone

is the modern everyday expression used instead of that old form

E

to execrate

vsto imprecate

• Formal

1 9.9

To strongly hate and say someone or something is very bad

is an active wish for harm rather than only expressing hatred

M

to maledict

vsto imprecate

• Archaic

9.9

To wish harm or bad luck on someone

is the neutral common word for the same action

B

to bedamn

vsto imprecate

• Offensive

9.9

To wish harm or a curse on someone

is the regular modern expression for the same wishing rather than this form

A

to anathemize

vsto imprecate

• Formal

9.9

To say in public that someone or something is evil and should be avoided

is a plain wish for harm rather than an official formal condemnation

C

to comminate

vsto imprecate

• Archaic

9.9

To threaten someone with God's punishment or say they are cursed

is about wishing harmful fate rather than threatening formal divine punishment

Antonyms

B

to bless

453 1.8

To give someone good luck and happiness

How Hostile

to execrate

• Formal

1 9.9

to imprecate

• Offensive

9.9

to curse

244 4.8

to damn

• Offensive

207 7.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology