to beshrew

Examples

• All

• Yet my blood begins to flatter me that thou dost... withstanding the poor and untempering effect of my vis Now beshrew my father's ambition!

  Henry V (1989)

• Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, if hermia meant to say lysander lied.

  Return with Honor (1999)

• May they beshrew their misfortune and ever suffer from the consequences of their actions.

• He muttered a curse, intending to beshrew anyone who sought to hinder his plans.

• I beseech you, beshrew those who would betray the trust placed in them.

Synonyms

C

to curse

vsto beshrew

244 4.8

To wish harm on someone using magic

is archaic and used historically rather than in modern speech

D

to damn

vsto beshrew

• Offensive

207 7.6

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

is archaic and is found mainly in older texts

A

to accurse

vsto beshrew

• Archaic

15 9.9

To say that someone will have bad luck or be punished

wishes harm rather than formally declaring another under doom

A

to anathematize

vsto beshrew

• Formal

1 9.9

To officially say that something is evil and must be rejected

is archaic and appears in older language rather than formal rites

B

to bedamn

vsto beshrew

• Offensive

9.9

To wish harm or a curse on someone

is archaic and used in older language rather than modern speech

M

to maledict

vsto beshrew

• Archaic

9.9

To wish harm or bad luck on someone

is archaic and appears mainly in older forms of speech

I

to imprecate

vsto beshrew

• Offensive

9.9

To wish bad things to happen to someone, often by saying a curse

is archaic and belongs to older language use

A

to anathemize

vsto beshrew

• Formal

9.9

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

is archaic and used as an older word for wishing harm

P

to pox

vsto beshrew

• Archaic

9.9

To ruin plans or crops, used in old language

wishes harm or invokes evil directly rather than just spoiling

L

to let out a curse

vsto beshrew

• Offensive

6.8

To say a bad word when you feel angry or hurt

wishes harm or calls evil upon someone rather than mere exclamation

How Hostile

to execrate

• Formal

1 9.9

curse

• Literature

262 5.5

to damn

• NSFW

275 3.9

to beshrew

• Archaic

1 9.9

to begrudge

23 7.6

to disapprove

94 2.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology