malediction
noun
a curse; imprecation.
maledictory
-
a word derived from
malediction.
Example Sentences
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Hugo bestowed a few choice Sicilian epithets of a maledictory character upon Dino Vasari and Brian Luttrell both; then he returned to the table and studied the latter pages of Father Cristoforo's letter.
From Under False Pretences A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
"That's a lie!" gave out the prisoner with a maledictory eye upon his unfilial nephew.
From The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel by Mary E. Hanshew
A Friedrich working, all along, in Poland especially, amid what circumambient deluges of maledictory outcries, and mendacious shriekeries from an ill-informed Public, is not now worth mentioning.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Thomas Carlyle
And then, when he was at the top of his maledictory bent, he would suddenly break away and begin whimperingly to commiserate the poor.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
Lena's maledictory epistle had added brimstone to the fire.
From Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. by William F. Howe
