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malediction
[ mal-i-dik-shuhn ]
noun
- a curse; imprecation.
Synonyms: execration, damning
Antonyms: benediction
- the utterance of a curse.
malediction
/ ˌmælɪˈdɪkʃən /
noun
- the utterance of a curse against someone or something
- slanderous accusation or comment
Derived Forms
- ˌmaleˈdictive, adjective
Other Words From
- male·dictive mal·e·dic·to·ry [mal-i-, dik, -t, uh, -ree], adjective
- unmal·e·dictive adjective
- unmal·e·dicto·ry adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of malediction1
Word History and Origins
Origin of malediction1
Example Sentences
All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
And he said to me: I will shew thee what things are to come to pass in the end of the malediction: for the time hath its end.
And she stretched out her broom in an attitude of malediction towards the spot where Pritchard had disappeared.
At the most he would fling out some cryptic hint, bestow some malediction upon life in general.
As Stapylton lay back in his carriage, he could not help muttering a malediction on the "dear friend" he had just parted with.
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